Dozens forced out of their homes after apartment fire in Grande Prairie

Dozens forced out of their homes after apartment fire in Grande Prairie

Crew responded to a fire early Monday at the Margaret Edgson Manor in Grande Prairie, Alta., which forced as many as 40 residents out of their homes.

Grande Prairie apartment building burns, dozens displaced, fire department dispatches investigators

It was a worst-case scenario, said Grande Prairie’s fire chief, Mark VanWerkhoven. It was a combustible multi-story apartment building, housing a disproportionate number of residents with mobility, language and other barriers, extreme wind and humidity conditions and heavily tasked resources from previous days. Not even the best training scenario-writer could have come up with something so laden with complications.