Crews respond to apartment fire near Campus Saint-Jean

Nearly two dozen children at an Edmonton daycare got out safely after fire broke out on the upper floors of the apartment the facility is located in.

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services (EFRS) responded to a residential fire near 87 Avenue and 91 Street Wednesday afternoon.

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EFRS said crews arrived on the scene at 2 p.m. and were able to get the top-floor apartment blaze under control at 2:32 p.m.

All residents were able to evacuate safely with their pets and no rescues were required. There have been no reported injuries.

Michael Maclean lives in the suite next door to the one that caught fire.

“We heard a bunch of popping and I heard people down below screaming ‘fire,’” Maclean told CTV News Edmonton. “I looked outside and saw smoke and fire next door so I grabbed the cats, grabbed my girlfriend and away we went.”

He said the laundry room in the building caught fire a few months ago.

District fire chief Jamie Wilson said two suites have been damaged in the fire but crews were still looking through the building.

The neighbouring daycare was also evacuated because of the fire. There were 21 children in the building at the time, taking a nap.

One worker from the daycare told CTV News Edmonton that community members came to help out and bring snacks to the kids.

“Everybody’s accounted for that was in the daycare, which was number one priority,” said Wilson. “The guys did a fantastic job … and they got up there very fast.”

Fire crews remain at work to fully extinguish the fire.

Investigators will soon work to determine a cause.

With files from CTV News Edmonton’s Sean McClune