Twelve people are temporarily homeless and one person seriously injured after a pre-dawn fire today gutted part of a large two-storey house containing several apartments in downtown Fredericton.
There was significant heat, smoke or water damage throughout the wood-frame structure. One woman was rescued unconscious from a ground-floor apartment and hospitalized.
The fire at 379 Charlotte Street was reported shortly after 5 a.m. when tenants were awakened by a smoke detector. There was no immediate word on the cause.