February 8, 2016, Waterloo Ontario Fire Department was dispatched for an apartment fire at a student housing unit on Erb St West. Kitchener dispatch received one 911 call reporting flames coming out of a bedroom window. Two quints, a pumper, a pumper-tanker, and the platoon chief responded to the call with 17 firefighters. P1 reported smoke showing on arrival, and flames visible after a 360. Firefighters entered the top floor via the E2 outside stairway. The fire was knocked down in 15 minutes. Eighteen students were displaced by the fire. Box 690 provided rehab.

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