Yorkton fire crews were at the scene of a blaze this morning (Tues) where an apartment building was fully engulfed.

The building in Yorkton is located at Ashwood and Riverview.

Fire chief Trevor Morrissey says they were actually called to the same location Monday afternoon and thought they had the fire knocked out.

He says there are indications, as yet unconfirmed, that someone broke into one of the units and started the second fire.

He says there was a large explosion on the 2nd floor and because of the state of disrepair of the building, the fire did spread quickly. Then once the explosion happened, it opened the whole building up for a fire spread.

Two firefighters were inside at the time and suffered minor injuries.

Residents in the area were being asked by the fire department to conserve water to ensure there’s enough pressure in the system to battle the fire.

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