Two injured in northwest Edmonton house fire caused by smoking materials | Edmonton Journal

Author of the article: Lauren Boothby A fire broke out in the basement of a home near 122 Street and 131A Avenue on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. Photo by Larry Wong /Postmedia Two people were hurt and sent to hospital after an early-morning house fire Wednesday in northwest Edmonton caused by a cigarette or other smoking device. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Three sleeping occupants of the home around 122 Street and 131A Avenue were jolted awake by the smoke alarm around 4 a.m. to discover a fire in the basement and evacuated, said Edmonton Fire Rescue Services spokesperson Brittany Lewchuk. “This event shows the importance of having working smoke alarms on all levels of the home as they provide the earliest detection and warning,” Lewchuk said in a news release. Firefighters could see smoke coming from the single-family home when they arrived at 4:09 a.m., within six minutes of being called. The fire was under control by 4:19 a.m. and out by 5:31 a.m. Two occupants were treated by paramedics on site and sent to hospital — a woman in her fifties or sixties for burns to her hands, and a second…
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