Two sent to hospital after apartment complex fire

West end fire sends two to hospital A fire in a west-Edmonton apartment complex sent two people to hospital for smoke inhalation.

EDMONTON — A fire in a west-Edmonton apartment complex sent two people to hospital for smoke inhalation.

The fire at Spanish Villa at 9424 149 Street was called in shortly after 9 a.m., firefighters on scene told CTV News Edmonton.

When they arrived, firefighters found heavy flames and smoke pouring out of a window on the back side of the multi-storey building and began attacking the blaze from both sides.

"It was so raging – it was so huge – it looked like it was going to burn the whole apartment," said resident Gugan Bakshlamurthy.

"So, so scary."

The blaze was under control by 9:35 a.m. and contained to a couple of suites in the complex. Crews were still working to fully extinguish it at 10 a.m.

Investigators were on scene determining the cause and extent of the fire.

The Emergency Support Response Team was also on scene to help residents of the building access support resources.