90 displaced due to Chatham apartment fire [Video]

A major apartment fire in Chatham-Kent remains under investigation as officials continue working with nearly 100 displaced residents from the municipally owned building.

The fire took place at 99 McNaughton Ave. W. around 5:45 a.m. Sunday.

“It was a particularly difficult fire to fight because it was the upstairs apartment,” said Chatham-Kent Fire Chief Chris Case. “It had broken into the roof. We had a common roof fight. So the crews on scene had to deploy both an interior and an exterior attack using an aerial ladder to try and prevent the spread. And even though, as you’ve seen from some of the pictures, it was quite a large fire.”

Municipal officials said of the apartment complex’s 120 units, 90 were affected.

Case said an Emergency Operations Centre was established to deal with logistics around the event and to ensure accommodations for vulnerable populations could be arranged, noting there were no serious injuries reported.

“Most people …