Prince George, B.C.- Damage is estimated  to be $40 thousand dollars from a fire in a Spruce Street  apartment balcony.

Firefighters responded  to the fire around  10 last night  in the 1900 block of Spruce Street.  When they arrived, they found a  second storey balcony  in flames,  the fuel for the fire was a  sofa on the balcony.

Sixteen fire fighters from 3 halls responded to the fire.

Occupants of the building reported everyone was out of the building, except for a physically challenged tenant on the basement floor.

Crews were able to locate this person  and  get them to safety outside the building.

Damage has been limited to the balcony and exterior of the structure.

There were no injuries to fire fighters or occupants of the structure.

This fire is incendiary in nature and has been turned over to the RCMP for further investigation.