Calgary Fire Responds to Morning Portable Trailer Unit Fire

At around 6:20 am fire crews responded to the 60 block of Peacekeepers DR SW for a structure fire. As crews arrived at a commercial warehouse yard, they were met by workers on site, who led them to a portable washroom unit next to a large warehouse. There was moderate smoke showing and they located a fire in between the unit and warehouse.

Fire crews stretched hose lines and began protecting the main warehouse. Firefighters knocked back the fire, which appears to have originated from the smaller washroom unit. Crews ventilated smoke from the main warehouse and are rotating crews on scene to knock down hot spots in the walls of the portable washroom unit. No injuries were reported and utilities to the unit has been isolated.

A fire investigator attended the scene and is working to determine the cause of the fire. Firefighters are working with the business to move the trailer unit away from the building as smouldering fires and hot spots continue to re-ignite within the walls of the washroom unit. Fire crews will remain on scene until the fire is confirmed to be extinguished.

A number of fire trucks left the scene at shift change and returned to scene with new crews, making it seem that more fire trucks responded to this incident when the response was a first alarm response to an industrial warehouse.

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