Businesses gutted by fire at southeast Edmonton strip mall – Edmonton [Video]

Several businesses were damaged or destroyed after a fire broke out overnight at a strip mall in southeast Edmonton.

Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said reports of a commercial structure fire at 34 Avenue and 92 Street began coming in at 12:34 a.m. Tuesday.

Fire crews arrived six minutes later and quickly called in more crews to help battle the two-alarm fire at the Plaza 34 strip mall.

The fire was brought under control at 2:08 a.m., but crews remained at the scene overnight and into the morning working to make sure the flames were extinguished.

Around a dozen businesses were heavily damaged or destroyed, including an ethnic grocery store, a hair salon, a dress store, a restaurant and several professional offices.

Mitch Carr has operated an orthodontics lab on the second floor of the strip mall for nearly three …