3 taken to hospital following fire in Charlottetown Sunday

Three people are in hospital following afire at the former Queens Arms Innin Charlottetown.

Charlottetown firefighters got a call of an active fire at 20 Lower Malpeque Rd. around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, said Winston Bryan, fire inspector for the City of Charlottetown.

When firefighters arrived, smoke could be seen.

"We were informed at that timethat people still had not evacuated the building and still were inside," Bryansaid."We were also receiving telephone calls from occupants within the building."

So firefighters searched the building to help evacuate it.

Charlottetown Police and Island EMS also responded.

Three people were taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, one with lower-body burns and two others for smoke inhalation, said Bryan.

He added that the fire was contained to one of the units on the basement level.

Firefighters left the scene at about 7:45 p.m.

Bryan says the investigation is still in the early stages and it's too early to know the cause of the fire.

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