Firefighter injured battling massive strip mall blaze

CBC News

ALBERTA, Canada — Arson investigators are at the scene of a major fire in Edmonton that destroyed eight businesses overnight and caused an estimated $12 million in damage.

District Fire Chief Lorne Corbett says the blaze started in a Bonanza restaurant in a strip mall on 125th Street and 137th Avenue around 1:30 a.m. MT Tuesday after a pickup truck was driven into the front of the restaurant. It's unclear what happened to the driver.

The fire spread quickly from the restaurant to neighbouring businesses.

A firefighter who was taken to hospital with a back injury has been treated and released.

Eighty firefighters fought the blaze in temperatures dipping to -9 fahrenheit. Because of the extreme cold, firefighters had to use steam units to keep water flowing through hoses and hydrants.

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