[ADob]

Roads are still closed, I am sad to report. But the fire seems to be out and at this point the fire fighters are just chatting outside the building.
103 St southbound still cannot turn onto Bellamy/97 Ave.
98 Ave in front of our building is actually packed full of vehicles trying to detour.
97 Ave is still half-blocked by the firetrucks.
Will try to report back a bit later as the situation changes.
Stay tuned to ADob Traffic at SRC for the latest!

 

[David A]

Roads are still closed, I am sad to report. But the fire seems to be out and at this point the fire fighters are just chatting outside the building.
103 St southbound still cannot turn onto Bellamy/97 Ave.
98 Ave in front of our building is actually packed full of vehicles trying to detour.
97 Ave is still half-blocked by the firetrucks.
Will try to report back a bit later as the situation changes.
Stay tuned to ADob Traffic at SRC for the latest!

What a mess this was! Had the radio station was I listening to mentioned this before their regular hourly news, I could have taken another route and saved being stuck in traffic.

 

[ADob]

As of 2:07, the firefighters are dousing the building once more as more smoke billows and all roads remain blocked.
I suppose I could have called CBC radio and let them know. I just assumed someone on the road (as opposed to me in my living room) would have done it.

 

[Airboy]

Roads are probably going to be closed or restricted until all trucks are gone and the road has been cleared of ice.

 

[ADob]

No changes. My husband tells me 100 Ave is backed up, so is 98 Ave. Fire trucks remain in place, building continues to smoke. I'd strongly recommend looking for alternate routes out of downtown.

 

[johnnyboy]

No changes. My husband tells me 100 Ave is backed up, so is 98 Ave. Fire trucks remain in place, building continues to smoke. I'd strongly recommend looking for alternate routes out of downtown.

Thanks! You saved me again this afternoon. I took 107 St to 96 Ave, then down around the ballpark to get back onto 97 Ave. Worked like a charm and probably saved me another hour today. If you're up early, another update in the morning would be greatly appreciated, though I expect it might be back open by then.

 

[ADob]

I'm usually up at 4. I promise I'll look out first thing .

As of now, they used an excavator to take down at least part of the building. Most firefighters are gone but the police, EMS, and what looks like the fire investigators remain. And the roads remain closed and backed up. We're glued to our living room windows like a couple Polish grandmas in the old country, scoping out what's going on haha.

 

[Glenco]

I'm usually up at 4. I promise I'll look out first thing .

As of now, they used an excavator to take down at least part of the building. Most firefighters are gone but the police, EMS, and what looks like the fire investigators remain. And the roads remain closed and backed up. We're glued to our living room windows like a couple Polish grandmas in the old country, scoping out what's going on haha.

I like to know what is happening and who is coming and going for security purposes you understand.

 

[ADob]

The road is open, I repeat, the road is open (as of 4:23 AM).

 

[David A]

As of 2:07, the firefighters are dousing the building once more as more smoke billows and all roads remain blocked.
I suppose I could have called CBC radio and let them know. I just assumed someone on the road (as opposed to me in my living room) would have done it.

I think they were aware but just didn't break into regular programing to announce this, at least when I was listening in the morning.

 

[Gronk!]

So, @ADob, what's the latest on the Iginla Law building?

 

[ADob]

Well, the day after the massive brouhaha they had some diggers and other implements of destruction come in. The building is now a pile of burnt wood. My husband took a picture but it was out of a moving vehicle so it wasn't shareable. Alas, I am sure y'all can visualize a big pile of blackened timber so no photographic evidence is necessary.
In the last photo I shared (post-fire), the building looked fairly solid, at least from the outside, so I guess it must have had hidden structural issues and they chose to reduce it to rubble preemptively. Which, given the amount of time, water, smoke, etc. stands to reason.

 

[Gronk!]

Well, the day after the massive brouhaha they had some diggers and other implements of destruction come in. The building is now a pile of burnt wood. My husband took a picture but it was out of a moving vehicle so it wasn't shareable. Alas, I am sure y'all can visualize a big pile of blackened timber so no photographic evidence is necessary.
In the last photo I shared (post-fire), the building looked fairly solid, at least from the outside, so I guess it must have had hidden structural issues and they chose to reduce it to rubble preemptively. Which, given the amount of time, water, smoke, etc. stands to reason.

Thanks. That's sad indeed. But on the other hand, it should be much easier to implement a wider sidewalk and maybe some park space.

 

[ADob]

I certainly hope so. We never walk along that sidewalk, choosing to either use the back alley to the west of it or walk down 104 St precisely because of how bad it was.