A fire broke out in the early morning hours on Thursday at an apartment building in Shediac, and the town’s mayor says it is a “total loss.”
Mayor says everyone got out safely
Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 29, 2026 8:04 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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A fire broke out in the early morning hours on Thursday at an apartment building on Cornwall Road in Shediac. (Janic Godin/Radio-Canada)
A fire broke out in the early morning hours on Thursday at an apartment building in Shediac, and the town’s mayor says it is a “total loss.”
Mayor Patricia Bourque-Chevarie said she got a call around 5 a.m. from the fire chief letting her know that everyone was safely out of the building. She doesn’t know if there were any pets in the building and if they got out.
The three-storey building on Cornwall Road, across from the Canadian Tire, likely had around 20 units — and it was fully occupied, Bourque-Chevarie said.
Residents without a place to go were bused to the Shediac Multipurpose Centre, she said.
Bourque-Chevarie said when she arrived at the site after 8 a.m.,
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