Kevin Smith had been homeless for nearly six months before he managed to get a roof over his head at the end of October.

Then, just a month after moving in above Suits Nightclub in Kingston, Ont., he opened his door to find black smoke billowing through the hallway.

"I looked at that and I'm like, 'OK, this is not someone smoking a cigarette or a joint. This is very serious. I need to get the hell out of this building very quickly,'" he recalled.

"I was thinking I might die here."

Smith and dozens of others who lived in the Montreal Street apartments were displaced by the fire on Nov. 26 that caused an estimated $500,000 in damage.

No one was injured, but six people had to be rescued.

What sparked the flames still hasn't been determined, according to Kingston Fire and Rescue.

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