Child dies after apartment fire in Saskatoon

A fire in a southwest Saskatoon apartment building has claimed the life of a little girl.

The three-year-old was rescued from a burning suite on the 500-block of Avenue X South around 9 p.m. Wednesday.

“When crews arrived, they found the apartment with heavy smoke and heavy heat,” battalion chief Mike Volk told News Talk Radio late Wednesday. “They did an initial search … They were able to locate the girl in a fairly short time and removed her.”

Sadly, the child died in hospital from cardiac arrest.