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Fire at Yellowknife's Franklin House apartments started in AC unit
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The City of Yellowknife says a fire at a downtown apartment building early Friday morning caused minor injuries to one tenant.
In a news release Friday, the city says the Yellowknife Fire Division (YKFD) responded to a report of visible flames on the third floor of Franklin House on 48 Street at 2:07 a.m.
"Crews acted swiftly, applying water to suppress the fire," it said.
Firefighters extinguished the fire in the affected unit and were able to contain it to that unit.
"One tenant sustained minor burns but did not require hospital transport," the release said. "All tenants were able to return to their homes within an hour and a half of YKFD's arrival on scene."
It was determined that the fire originated in a window-mounted air conditioning unit. It's not considered suspicious, so the fire marshal won't be conducting a formal investigation.
