Downtown Burning
Posted: 6:22 PM CDT Saturday, May. 19, 2018
Last Modified: 1:31 PM CST Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019
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Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
The curious made their way to Rosser Avenue and Fifth Street to view the remains of the former Code night club and beer vendor building, just opposite The Brandon Sun building, on Sunday morning.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Firefighters continued to douse the smouldering remains of the Christie's Office Plus building on Pacific Avenue on Sunday morning, as well as the Massey Manor building in the background.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
A member of the Brandon fire department uses a fire hose to douse the smokey ruins of the Christie's Office Plus building on Sunday morning. Crews had worked through the night to stabilize and control the ongoing fires in downtown Brandon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
The Massey Manor building on Seventh Street required further efforts from Brandon firefighters on Sunday morning, as crews continued to address smoke emanating from the structure.
MATT GOERZEN/THE BRANDON SUN
Firefighters continued to douse the ruined remains of the Christie's Office Plus building on Pacific Avenue on Sunday morning, as well as the Massey Manor building in the background, which sustained severe fire damage.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Fire crews continued to monitor the remains of the Christie's Office Plus building on Sunday morning, spraying smoking areas with water while inspecting the rubble.
MICHAEL LEE/THE BRANDON SUN
A lone chimney stack is all that remains of the Christie's Office Plus building at Pacific Avenue and Seventh Street.
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings including Massey Manor, seen in the left hand side of the photograph. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
The ruins of Christie's Office Plus on Pacific Avenue continue to burn in the early hours of Saturday as firefighters continue to battle blazes in downtown Brandon. The Massive fire that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
TIM SMITH/THE BRANDON SUN
The ruins of Christie's Office Plus on Pacific Avenue continue to burn in the early hours of Saturday as firefighters continue to battle blazes in downtown Brandon. The Massive fire that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings.
20052018
The ruins of Christie's Office Plus on Pacific Avenue continue to burn in the early hours of Saturday as firefighters continue to battle blazes in downtown Brandon. The Massive fire that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
The ruins of Christie's Office Plus on Pacific Avenue continue to burn in the early hours of Saturday as firefighters continue to battle blazes in downtown Brandon. The Massive fire that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun
Heavy smoke drifts over downtown Brandon as firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings.
TIM SMITH/THE BRANDON SUN
Heavy smoke drifting over downtown Brandon is reflected in the Assiniboine River as firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings.
20052018
Heavy smoke drifting over downtown Brandon is reflected in the Assiniboine River as firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
20052018
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
TIM SMITH/THE BRANDON SUN
Firefighters continue to battle a fire in the Collyer's Sales and Service/Brandon Boxing Club building on the north side of Pacific Avenue at 6th Street in Brandon in the early hours of Saturday. The Massive blaze that started at Christie's Office Plus destroyed or damaged several downtown buildings.
Marston Grindey, for the Brandon Sun
A fireball looms over the city of Brandon, the product of an explosion within the remains of the Christie's Office Plus building on Pacific Avenue that burned to the ground on Saturday afternoon. Sharp-eyed Brandon resident Marston Grindey submitted this picture to the Sun.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Firefighters douse the Knights Inn Brandon hotel with water as the nearby beer vendor and former night club building on Rosser Avenue burns, on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Against the burning backdrop of the Christie's Office Plus building, firefighters work to stop the fire from spreading to other nearby structures.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Curious onlookers take video of the fire burning at the beer vendor and former night club building on Rosser Avenue, across from The Brandon Sun building, Saturday afternoon.
Firefighters work on a strategy to battle three ongoing blazes while flames burn the beer vendor and former night club building on Pacific Avenue across from the Brandon Sun building.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
The front of the Christie's Office Plus building as it burns Saturday afternoon, seen looking north from Seventh Street in Brandon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
A firefighter works atop a crane while trying to douse flames burning up the former Code Night club and beer vendor on Rosser Avenue, across from the Brandon Sun building.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Firefighters work on a strategy to battle three ongoing blazes while flames burn the beer vendor and former night club building on Pacific Avenue across from the Brandon Sun building.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
A Brandon firefighter is seen against a wall of flame that destroyed the Christie's Office Plus building on Pacific Avenue on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Firefighters work to douse a fire at the beer vendor and former night club building across from The Brandon Sun on Rosser Avenue on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Smoke hovers over the Knights Inn Brandon as firefighters douse it with water to prevent it from burning. The hotel's adjacent beer vendor and former night club building was destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
A firefighter is seen against the McKenzie Seeds building, while manning a fire hose on Saturday afternoon. Three buildings burned in downtown Brandon, including the Christie's Office Plus building on Pacific Avenue, the Massey Manor residential building, and a beer vendor and former night club across from the Brandon Sun building on Rosser Avenue.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Firefighters, seen through an alleyway, attempt to douse the fire burning at the beer vendor and former night club building adjacent to the Knights Inn Brandon hotel along Rosser Avenue, across from the Brandon Sun building.
Firefighters try to put out a fire at a beer vender at the corner of Fifth Street and Rosser Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
A Brandon Police Officer tasked with keeping onlookers back, takes a moment to watch flames devour the Christie's Office Plus building on Saturday afternoon. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Fire engulfs the Christie's Office Plus building on Saturday afternoon in downtown Brandon, as seen west of the structure on Pacific Avenue. (Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun)
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Bystanders watch smoke rise from the fire at the former Code night club on Rosser Avenue on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
A firefighter changes position as smoke billows out from the roof of the former Code night club and beer vendor on Rosser Avenue, across from The Brandon Sun building on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
A fiery rain falls from the roof of the former Code night club and beer vendor on Rosser Avenue, one of three downtown buildings that burned in Brandon on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
An emergency worker tasked with crowd control watches fire destroy the Christie's Office Plus building from his vantage point on Seventh Street, facing north.
Matt Goerzen/The Brandon Sun
Bystanders try to catch a glimpse of the fire at the beer vendor and former Code night club on Rosser Avenue, next to the Knights Inn Brandon hotel on Saturday afternoon.
A crowd gathers to watch as firefighters put out a fire at the Massey Manor building on Pacific Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Pieces of Massey Manor hang from the building's rooftop as fire crews continue to pour on water. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Firefighters carry a line of hose down Sixth Street. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Firefighters from CFB Shilo work on a fire at a former night club on Fifth Street. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Two boys watch as firefighters try to put out a fire at a beer vendor on Rosser Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A firefighter connects a hose to a fire hydrant on Fifth Street. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A firefighter carries a hose through a puddle of water at the corner of Rosser Avenue and Fifth Street. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Flames appear from the rooftop of the beer vendor at Rosser Avenue and Fifth Street. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A firefighter walks by the beer vendor on Rosser Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A group watches as a fire burns through Massey Manor down the street on Pacific Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A crowd watches as the beer vendor at Rosser Avenue and Fifth Street burns on Saturday. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Officials assess the scene at Massey Manor on Saturday. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Firefighters pour water on the Massey Manor building on Pacific Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A fire burns from the rooftop of the Massey Manor building on Pacific Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Fire crews pour water on a beer vendor and former night club at the corner of Rosser Avenue and Fifth Street. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A man takes a picture of a fire on Rosser Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
Bystanders watch from a parking lot in a small plaza on Rosser Avenue as firefighters try to put out a fire at a nearby beer vendor. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A firefighter works a hose as smoke billows from a fire at a beer vendor on Rosser Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)
A Brandon police officer walks by as fire crews douse a fire at the beer vendor and former night club on Rosser Avenue. (Michael Lee/The Brandon Sun)