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Fire at Saanich apartment building kept to one suite

A Monday morning fire at a Burnside Road West apartment building, near Tillicum Centre, was contained to a single second-floor suite. All occupants of the eight-unit complex got out safely, and a cat was rescued from the first floor.
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Saanich firefighters responded to a blaze in an apartment building on Burnside Road West on Monday, July 5, 2021. SAANICH FIRE DEPARTMENT

A Monday morning fire at a Burnside Road West apartment building, near Tillicum Centre, was contained to a single second-floor suite.

All occupants of the eight-unit complex got out safely, and a cat was rescued from the first floor.

Saanich fire crews responded after receiving multiple calls about 6:30 a.m.

There is extensive smoke and fire damage to the suite and the second-floor corridors, and water damage on the first floor.