Residents of a home in St. John’s made it out safely after thick smoke appeared in the home Tuesday evening.
Shortly after 6 p.m. the St. John’s Regional Fire Department and the RNC rushed to Empire Avenue.
Black smoke was billowing out of the basement window. Firefighters quickly doused a couch in the basement apartment.
The couch was removed and the home was searched, but no one was in danger.
Captain Sean Corbett says there were no injuries in the fire.
The resident of the basement apartment was not home, and the upstairs residents safely removed several dogs and cats.
Emergency crews are now leaving the scene of a house fire on Empire Avenue in St. John’s. A couch was on fire in the basement apartment of the residence. There are no injuries and residents of the house (pets included) made it out safely. pic.twitter.com/Ter0vr2JXA
— Allison King (@AllisonKingVOCM) January 5, 2021
