Fire!

We woke up very early on Sunday morning because daylight savings had ended, it was still dark and we could smell a burning smell.  Steve went downstairs to check it out and we could see an orange glow behind the trees at the back of our house.  Not long after we got a call from our neighbour to say that a new apartment block was burning down.

The apartment block had only just been completed and there were no residents as yet. There were 178 pre-fabricated apartments so the smell from the smoke was terrible.  Our whole house smelled awful and by Sunday afternoon there were huge embers (5-8cm) all over our yard and car.  The council advised all residents to remain inside because of the smoke while the Lab City fire brigade tried to control the fire with the assistance of IOC and Wabush Mines fire brigades.

The fire continued to burn for days and the hospital next door was evacuated due to the risk of the hospital catching fire and the smoke.  Eventually the fire burned out or was extinguished on Tuesday night.

Before and after the fire