An investigation is underway into a fire that consumed an Environment and Climate Change Canada weather station office in Iqaluit yesterday, April 5. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
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Cause still unknown, says City of Iqaluit
RCMP and Nunavut’s fire marshal are investigating the cause of a fire that burned down a weather station office in Iqaluit’s West 40 area this week. The cause of the fire is still unknown, according to a City of Iqaluit news release.
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Flames engulf building Monday afternoon
Iqaluit firefighters respond to a fire south of the airport Monday afternoon. At least three fire trucks and an ambulance were at the scene at approximately 4 p.m., as flames engulfed a building near the sewage lagoon. (Photo by Dustin Patar)
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