Unhoused people displaced following fire at Labrador Inn

By Derek Montague, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Approximately two dozen unhoused people displaced by a fire at the Labrador Inn in Happy Valley-Goose Bay have received emergency shelter  at the Salvation Army, which local MHA Perry Trimper said has provided  accommodations at their church. “Everybody’s safe and comfortable,” said Trimper, adding he expects the situation to be resolved within a matter of days. An interior fire at the Labrador Inn Wednesday morning forced  emergency crews to evacuate the hotel and homeless shelter. At 10:35  a.m. Happy Valley-Goose Bay firefighters responded to a call at the Inn  and arrived within four minutes. According to Fire Chief Brad Butler,  the fire damaged a couple of bathrooms and the hotel’s kitchen area but  not the residential area. “Nobody was injured; it was a…

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