EDMONTON -- An early morning fire in an apartment building at 155 Avenue and 104 Street damaged two suites on Wednesday.
Crews are on the scene and Beaumaris Road is closed to traffic north of 155 Avenue.
The fire at Beaumaris Court was reported at 7:13 a.m. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services arrived within minutes and declared it under control at 7:30 a.m. and fully extinguished shortly after 8 a.m.
Flames and smoke could be seen pouring out of a third floor suite and on the building's roof.
One resident told CTV News Edmonton that the fire alarm was ringing but wasn't very loud.
"I went along all the bottom doors just trying to get people to recognize they needed to get out," Susan Harrison said.
EFRS said everyone was evacuated safely and there were no injuries.
According to fire investigators, the blaze was caused by smoking materials that were improperly discarded.
"Some of the most dangerous and devastating fires are caused by the improper disposal of smoking materials. These actions can have profound, devastating effects on neighbours, communities and the city," EFRS said in a release. "These fires are 100 per cent preventable."
The fire caused an estimated $300,000 in damage to the building and another $50,000 in damage to the contents. As well as the fire damage to the two units on the third floor, some suites in the lower floors have water damage.
