WFPS crews tackle five fires including two on same North End street

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Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) crews responded to five structure fires on Friday evening and Saturday morning including two on the same North End street.

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At 8 p.m. on Friday, the WFPS were called to a fire in a vacant, single-storey house in the 400 block of Burrows Avenue.

When crews arrived to the scene, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the house, officials said. They launched a defensive fire attack from the exterior. Once fire conditions improved they were able to enter and fully extinguish the fire. The fire was declared under control at shortly before 8:30 p.m.

Crews completed a search of the house and no occupants were found. The house sustained significant smoke, fire and water damage.

At just before midnight on Friday, crews responded to a fire in a two-storey residence in the 400 block of Pritchard Avenue. The fire was discovered and reported by an on-duty Winnipeg Police crew driving through the area.

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When WFPS crews arrived on scene, they found smoke coming from the house. They entered and fought the fire from the interior. The fire was declared under control at around 12:49 a.m.

A search of the residence was completed and no occupants were found.

About five hours later, crews were back on Pritchard tackling a fire in a single-family bungalow in the 1400 block of Pritchard.

When crews arrived to the scene, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the house. They launched a fire attack from the exterior of the house. Once conditions improved they were able to transition to an interior fire attack, declaring the fire under control at shortly before 7 a.m.

Occupants of the house safely self-evacuated prior to the arrival of crews. One neighbouring house was evacuated by crews as a temporary precaution. The house sustained significant smoke, fire and water damage.

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At around 4:24 a.m. on Saturday, WFPS were called to reports of a fire in a two-and-a-half-storey residence in the 200 block of Charles Street where crews found smoke and flames coming from the structure. They entered and fought the fire from inside, quickly declaring the fire under control.

Firefighters evacuated residents from the structure.

Finally, at just before 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, WFPS responded to a fire in a two-storey townhouse complex in the first 100 block of Rougeau Avenue.

At the scene, crews found smoke in one of the units. They entered and quickly extinguished a fire involving a clothing dryer. The fire was contained to the suite where the fire originated.

Occupants of the unit safely self-evacuated prior to the arrival of crews.

Preliminary observations suggest the fire was accidental, caused by a malfunction in the operation of a clothes dryer.

There were no injuries reported in any of the fires, which are under investigation. Damage estimates are not available at this time.

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