Residents unable to return home, still paying condo fees, 11 months after Kitchener townhouse fire [Video]

Several residents of a Kitchener townhouse complex are frustrated they still haven’t been able to return to their homes, 11 months after a fire.

On Oct. 24, 2023, flames tore through a unit on Rochefort Street and left multiple other residences with damage.

“Everything was just happening so fast. The fire kept spreading,” recalled Ada Nnoruka, who lives in a unit near the one that caught fire and was alerted to the flames by a neighbour knocking on her door.

Nnoruka fled her home that day with her baby.

“I just remember grabbing a blanket because it was cold that night,” she said.

Almost a year later, the building still needs repairs.

They said getting an update …