A small roof fire at the Gathering Place in St. John's Friday was put out quickly, but will leave clients without lunch for the day. Work was taking place on the roof where the small fire broke out. Executive Director Joanne Thompson says she's relieved the fire wasn't worse but that it's difficult to close, even for a day. "We had a medical clinic today, we had our own in-house case management, food, all the other services — so that's not available. And if it's not available for this population at The Gathering Place, sadly, they can't access the service anywhere else today and that's what's most disconcerting for us."

Source: CBC News September 21, 2018 14:26 UTC