Second blaze in a month reported at site of future hotel

The Saskatoon Fire Department responded to a fire at a hotel construction site Wednesday night.

Three fire engines, a rescue truck and an aerial ladder unit were dispatched around 9:30 p.m.  to the Sandman hotel being built at 2815 Lorne Avenue.

They arrived to find a fire on the sixth floor of the structure.

The blaze was quickly extinguished by the ladder truck. Crews then used a thermal imaging camera to ensure the fire hadn’t spread into the rest of the building.

Wednesday night’s blaze caused an estimated $2,000 in damage. It came almost exactly a month to the day since a major fire tore through the site on April 18.

Investigators have yet to determine what caused either fire.