'Quite catastrophic': Fire burns through 6 businesses at southwest strip mall

A large team of firefighters descended on a fire that broke out inside a southwest Calgary strip mall Thursday morning. Calgary Fire Department district chief Kevin Wiens said a passerby called 911 when they saw smoke and fire coming from the strip mall in the 1800 block of Sirocco Drive S.W. at about 2:45 a.m. "Our first engine arrived from a neighbouring station about five minutes later and started immediate fire operations," he said. The fire had been knocked down as of 6 a.m., but crews rema