The Prince George Fire Department is continuing to work on a commercial structure fire at Crossroads Brewery, located at 508 George Street.
Five fire apparatus and upwards of 19 fire personnel from four halls responded to the fire at around 2:30 this morning (Friday), where they found heavy fire and smoke throughout the building.
While the smoke has cleared off, Fire Chief Bryan Burleigh said they still have an active fire they’re working to extinguish.
“We’re going to continue with our fire suppression methods and techniques, we’re going to extinguish the fire, then we’re going to turn it into the investigation stage of the process.”
The cause of the fire and dollar loss estimate is still unknown, with the investigation most likely starting early next week.
Based on the time of the fire, he said most of the properties were already vacant, and were able to contain the fire to the property of origin.
“We focused on exposure protection, cooling properties and just really working on firefighting measures to contain the fire to the property of origin.” said Burleigh.
There’s no timeline as to when roads will reopen in the area to traffic or pedestrians.
No injuries were reported for fire crews or civilians.
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