Update: Structure Fire - 200 block of Avenue K North

The structure fire in the 200 block of Avenue K North has been structurally compromised by fire.  Our Fire Investigator is unable to perform a cause and origin fire scene examination for safety reasons.  The cause and origin of the fire is undetermined.  Damage is estimated at $200,000.  Utilities are being safely removed and the structure will be taken down in a controlled manner by an excavation company later this afternoon.  Fencing will be erected around the property to keep person(s) out of the area.  Our Fire Investigator will be following up with an order to remedy requiring that the fire debris be removed, the foundation hole be filled in and the site levelled.

Once the structure is taken down and the site secured this afternoon, the Fire Investigator will turn the property over to the property owner.

If any one has information about this fire, please contact our partners at the Saskatoon Police Service at (306) 975-8300.