NORTH BAY — A major downtown fire has spread to a second building as firefighters battle the blaze and freezing temperatures in the 100 block of Main St. East.
Fire Chief Jason Whiteley tells CKAT, "We were able to stop the fire at the Fedeli building but it's moved over into the building just to the east of it. We've had a couple of smoke explosions in a backdraft. All our efforts are in stopping the fire at the Cedar Tree Restaurant there. We've able to keep it so far, but the fire does have a good hold on that building."
Whiteley believes it has broken into the Cedar Tree side.
"So basically at the Cedar Tree is where we are trying to stop it right now. We are being hampered. Of course, it is a significant fire and we have the cold. We've been out here for almost seven hours now and the cold is starting to wreak havoc on some of the equipment we have, so we're trying to get fuel down for the trucks and so forth but we're hoping to get the strop right here now."
Firefighters are being cycled out of the fire as the 7 a.m. day shift takes over says Whiteley.
"We'll be keeping other firefighters here to keep the rest of the city protected."
- BayToday.ca