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I can't say that I saw the fire with my own eyes but there was a lot of smoke around Whyte Avenue at about 1am. The smoke was spewing out of the top floor of a building that I believe houses The Funky Buddha and Hub Cigar. The Funky Buddha is a pub/restaurant-type establishment and Hub Cigar sells a variety of cigars as well as many specialty publications, mostly magazines, of international origins. I submitted some of these photos to the Edmonton Journal. Perhaps the photo editor may find a use for them.

Running into this photo opportunity was not planned. I was heading out to meet someone on my way home and, having a shoot today I had brought my camera to the studio. I avoid leaving my camera equipment in the studio so I brought it with me expecting to head home right after my meeting. Whyte Avenue around Calgary Trail was blocked off by police and fire trucks as well as some other emergency response vehicles. I parked my motorcycle, grabbed the S2 Pro and the 70-200/2.8 VR and started shooting. All photos were taken at F/2.8 and ISO 1600.