Incident 21-019
March 6, 2021
Structure Fire -  16 Redden Av., Kentville
Mutual Aid to Kentville Fire Department

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Multiple Kentville tenants displaced by early morning apartment fire

SaltWire Network · Posted: March 6, 2021, 10:30 a.m. | Updated: March 6, 2021, 1:20 p.m.
An overnight apartment fire caused multiple tenants to be evacuated March 6. ADRIAN JOHNSTONE
An overnight apartment fire caused multiple tenants to be evacuated March 6. ADRIAN JOHNSTONE - Contributed

About a half-dozen tenants were displaced by an overnight fire that extensively damaged an older three-storey house in Kentville.
The fire, which was reported around 1 a.m. Saturday, occurred at a Redden Avenue home that contained four apartments.
There were no reports of injuries. Kentville Fire responded to the call, with mutual aid coming from Waterville, New Minas, Port Williams, Wolfville, and Greenwich.
Canadian Red Cross volunteers were contacted to help with emergency lodging, food, clothing and other basics but all tenants had left the scene. Red Cross support remains available for the affected tenants if it is needed.

Kentville firefighters, with mutual aid from Waterville, New Minas, Port Williams, Wolfville, and Greenwich, battled an apartment fire on Redden Avenue in Kentville.ADRIAN JOHNSTONE - Contributed
Kentville firefighters, with mutual aid from Waterville, New Minas, Port Williams, Wolfville, and Greenwich, battled an apartment fire on Redden Avenue in Kentville.ADRIAN JOHNSTONE - Contributed
It was an early morning for Valley-based firefighters March 6 when they got called to a Kentville apartment fire around 1 a.m. March 6.ADRIAN JOHNSTONE - Contributed
It was an early morning for Valley-based firefighters March 6 when they got called to a Kentville apartment fire around 1 a.m. March 6.ADRIAN JOHNSTONE - Contributed
Tenants were displaced after a four-unit apartment complex in Kentville caught fire during the overnight hours of March 6. - Contributed
Tenants were displaced after a four-unit apartment complex in Kentville caught fire during the overnight hours of March 6. - Contributed
Kentville firefighters knocked down an apartment fire on Redden Avenue.ADRIAN JOHNSTONE - Contributed
Kentville firefighters knocked down an apartment fire on Redden Avenue.ADRIAN JOHNSTONE - Contributed

Bill Roberts