Person rescued from burning balcony on Jasper Avenue [Video]

One person was rescued from a burning building in Edmonton on Thursday.

Firefighters were called to an apartment building at Jasper Avenue and 110 Street at 1:51 p.m.

A second alarm was called in at 1:56 p.m.

Flames could be seen shooting out of a suite in the front of the building and smoke billowed into the sky.

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A man on a balcony could be heard screaming for help before being rescued by a ladder truck.

“The equipment was set up quick, they were able to get up there, they got water on the person. They were able to, through all the training and the hard work, able to make a successful rescue,” said Edmonton Fire Rescue Services District Chief Marty McNamara.

Alberta Health Services says a man in his 20s was taken to hospital.

It took eight trucks and 32 firefighters to put out …