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UPDATE: Roads reopen after Saanich structure fire on McKenzie Avenue

The Saanich Police Department is asking people to avoid the area

Emergency crews shut down the 1000-block of McKenzie Avenue at about 4 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 5) as the Saanich Fire Department battled a nearby fire at an apartment building.

Roadblocks were in place at the intersection of Quadra Street and McKenzie Avenue, as well as Saanich Road and McKenzie Avenue as the Saanich Police Department asked people to avoid the area.

According to the Saanich Fire Department, fire, smoke and water damage affected about a dozen units in the building, however there where no injuries.

Two-way traffic resumed around 7:30 p.m.

 



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