No injuries in Halifax fire that damaged building with apartments, businesses – Halifax [Video]

A building on Quinpool Road in Halifax that contained apartments, businesses and a restaurant is a “a loss,” after fire broke out overnight.

Firefighters were called at around midnight and by 8 a.m., a new crew arrived to relieve colleagues who had been working throughout the night.

“This morning when we arrived, obviously the fire wasn’t out. It’s in the walls and stuff still,” said District Chief Brad Connors with Halifax Fire.

“We got the excavator in here now. They’re going to start dismantling the building and the crews will be wetting the wooden stuff down just so it doesn’t flare up anymore. We’ve got a couple other concerns that we’ll deal with throughout the process.”

The building contains apartment units on upper floors, as well as a well-known restaurant called Naan N Curry.

Connors said the fire was particularly difficult to fight because of the way the building is …