6 a.m. UPDATE: Fire marked as under control around 7 a.m. Monday. Hotspots being doused.
One firefighter taken to hospital with a foot injury.
Firefighters remain at the scene of a general alarm fire that started around 11 o’clock Sunday night in downtown Belleville.
Fire gutted the building slated to be torn down as part of a condominium development on the former Hotel Quinte property.
As of 2 o’clock Monday morning, flames were still shooting through the roof.
Deputy Chief Mark Shannon tells Quinte News it will be some time before it’s known if anyone was inside the building.
“It hasn’t had power in the building for quite some time, it’s vacant other than possibly some homeless people. We haven’t been able to make entry yet to make sure that it’s completely empty so at this time there’s still a possibility there could be people inside.”
(Photo: submitted)
The building which used to house both residential and commercial units was built in 1917.
Pinnacle Street at Bridge Street will be blocked to traffic for some time.
Building at 217 Pinnacle Street. (Photo: Quinte News)
