St. Catharines firefighters treated to Geneva Street structure fire Halloween night

A Halloween blaze kept St. Catharines firefighters busy for nearly two hours Friday night.

At about 8 p.m., St. Catharines Dispatch responded to reports of smoke coming from a Geneva Street building between Church Street and Welland Avenue. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke pouring out of the second floor windows of the commercial building, which sold Afghan and Turkish rugs and kitchenware.

Attempts were made to find the source of the blaze inside, but smoke was too heavy, with zero visibility. No flames could be seen from the outside of the building.

Firefighters sent water directly through a window on the second floor.

There were no reported injuries from the incident.

The cause of the fire and estimated damages are still being determined.