Iqaluit fire department douses early morning blaze

Iqaluit firefighters extinguished a fire in the entry-way of an apartment building during the early morning hours of March 11.

The fire took place at building 948, a staff house for employees of the Iqaluit branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

Fire officials said in a news release that no one was hurt.

“Damage was due mostly to smoke and heat as well as forced entry into the residential apartments during search procedures,” said a city news release.

Contents of the apartments also sustained smoke damage, the release stated. Damage is estimated at $75,000.

Fire officials and police are still investigating the cause.