SUV engulfed in flames at Yellowknife apartments in overnight fire
A red SUV was on fire in a Yellowknife parking lot early Monday morning, according to a city news release.
Five firefighters responded to the fire at around 3 a.m. to the parking lot of Beck Court apartments. They found the SUV in flames, and saw smoke coming out of the back of a half-ton truck parked next to it.
An ignited gas trail was leaking from the SUV and flowed downhill, under the truck and three other vehicles, says the release. Firefighters used a compressed system of water, air and foam to extinguish the flames and protect the vehicles against the gas trail.
Firefighters were on the scene for about an hour and a half, and it didn't appear any other vehicles were exposed to the flames, said the city.
The city said the N.W.T. Office of the Fire Marshal was notified. The RCMP is investigating the incident.
