NORTH BATTLEFORD — Members of North Battleford Fire Department responded overnight to two separate structure fires downtown.
The properties were on the 1400 block of 101st Street, and on the 1600 block of 102nd Street. The fire department say both were uninhabited and abandoned residences.
According to the fire department, 14 full-time and paid on-call firefighters responded to the blaze at the 1400 block 101st St. location at 9:34 p.m. on Wednesday night. The call of the second fire on the 1600 block 102nd St. location came to dispatchers at 12:15 a.m. Thursday, with 15 members responding.
“Our team did a great job of containing the two structure fires on a very busy night,” said Fire Chief Lindsay Holm. “Thankfully, no one was injured and the adjacent properties were not damaged due to the successful containment by our crews.”
The two structures are set for demolition today.
