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DEADLY FIRE

Body found in Calgary apartment unit gutted by fire

Oct 28, 2019 | 8:12 AM

CALGARY- The Calgary Fire Department says the body of a man was found in an apartment where a fire erupted early Sunday morning.

Crews responded to the fire in a second storey unit of a building on Ranchview Drive at around 2:30 a.m.

Officials say the body was found shortly after the fire was contained.

About 20 other residents of the building were evacuated as a precaution and that a transit bus was brought to the scene to shelter them from the cold.