Firefighters attend downtown Calgary apartment blaze

The Calgary Fire Department knocked down a fire that broke out on a balcony of a downtown apartment building on May 6, 2026. No one was seriously hurt.

Crews were called to deal with a fire inside a downtown apartment building on Wednesday night.

Upon arriving at the building on Fifth Avenue S.W., they found the balcony of one of the third-floor units on fire.

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The flames had already spread to the interior of the unit, but crews were able to extinguish it before any more were affected.

One person was treated for smoke inhalation.

The cause is under investigation.