{"id":825787,"date":"2026-07-25T19:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825787\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:24:14","slug":"apartment-fire-extinguished-at-downtown-halifax-high-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825787\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartment fire extinguished at downtown Halifax high-rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Halifax fire crews fought a fire at a high-rise apartment building at 1333 South Park St. on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The fire was reported at about 11:30 a.m. and was extinguished before 1 p.m.<\/p>\n

There were no reports of injuries.<\/p>\n

The fire started in an apartment on the eighth floor, where flames could be seen coming out of the windows at noon.<\/p>\n

\"FlamesFlames were visible on the 8th floor of the Park Victoria Apartments. (Tom Murphy\/CBC)<\/p>\n

The unit where the fire originated was destroyed, and the apartment directly above it sustained smoke damage, a fire official said.<\/p>\n

Crews from multiple Halifax fire stations responded to the call. <\/p>\n

Liz Ingram-Chambers, who owns and operates Le Bistro by Liz on the ground floor of the building, said a staff member called her to report the fire.<\/p>\n

All customers and staff had been evacuated and the ovens turned off, she said.<\/p>\n

Ingram-Chambers said she waited outside the building with her staff for about an hour while crews extinguished the fire.<\/p>\n

Because the fire occurred directly above her restaurant, water from firefighting efforts flooded into the business.<\/p>\n

“We’re dealing with a lot of flooding water coming through our ceilings, down the emergency stairwell, [it] flooded our backroom, our back hallway, our storage room, one of our bathrooms,” she said. <\/p>\n

She said staff are busy cleaning up and she will assess whether she will be able to open the restaurant later.<\/p>\n

Ingram-Chambers estimates she has already lost thousands of dollars in sales.<\/p>\n

CBC News has asked for more details about the fire from Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency.<\/p>\n

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