Fire occurs at Hamilton seniors’ residence
Published January 25, 2022 at 8:50 pm
A multiple-alarm fire reportedly occurred in a seniors’ residence in downtown Hamilton on Tuesday night.
Automated social media posts by both the Hamilton police and fire department indicated there was a blaze at the Residences on Augusta seniors’ apartment building. The residence is on James Street South at Augusta Street, near Young and Duke streets. Several Hamilton Fire Department trucks were dispatched, and a stretch of James St. S. was closed for more than 2½ hours.
NEW | F22002249 | ALARM CONDITIONS | Loc: 100 Block JAMES ST S HAM @ AUGUSTA ST/DUKE ST /CN: AUGUSTA SENIORS RESIDENCE | Units: E1,P1 | 01/25/22 18:08
— HamOnt Fire Dept (@HFD_Incidents) January 25, 2022
UPDATE | F22002249 | Incident Type: MULTIPLE ALARM
— HamOnt Fire Dept (@HFD_Incidents) January 25, 2022
UPDATE | F22002249 | Units: C73,C74,DC2,E1,E11,L1,L9,PC1,P1,P6,P9
— HamOnt Fire Dept (@HFD_Incidents) January 25, 2022
2022-01-25 20:40:59 ROAD RESTRICTION: #Hamilton OPEN – James St S in all directions #HamOnt
— HPS_Traffic (@hps_traffic) January 26, 2022
The section of James St. S. reopened at 8:45 p.m.
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