One person is dead and ten people are homeless following an early morning fire in an apartment building on First Street.
The three alarm blaze was called in just before 6:30 and as fire fighters arrived they found smoke and flames shooting from the three storey wood frame building.
Acting fire chief Mark Gillan tells CHSJ News his crews mounted an aggressive search and rescue effort to get people out of the building - but - failed to turn up any trace of the victim until after the flames were knocked down.
Jeremy Leslie is one of those left homeless -- he says he was awakened by neighbours and he rushed to get his family to safety.
Leslie says he doesn't have insurance and everything is gone.
So far the identity of the victim hasn't been released nor has the cause of the fire been determined.
