Quesnel fire fighters rescue four people from a structure fire

Four people were rescued from a fire at the Bridges Supportive Housing building in Quesnel this (Wednesday) afternoon.

The Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department was called to Elliott Street just before 2 o’clock.

We spoke with Fire Chief Ron Richert on the scene.

“Upon arrival we had a room on the second floor that had an active fire and heavy smoke. Crews were able to act quick and get that person, we had one person transported to G.R. Baker, they were rescued out of the building quite quickly. We did have three people on the third floor that were rescued, and the remaining occupants were quickly evacuated out of the building.”

Richert says the sprinkler system helped to suppress most of the fire, although he says there is some damage.

“We do have quite a bit of water damage on the first and second floors.”

Richert says they had a very quick response from the fire department, BC Ambulance, and the RCMP.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

More information on the story can be found here.

– Files from George Henderson, My Cariboo Now