Two people, including a firefighter, needed medical attention after a blaze in the Glenelm area spread to two neighbouring homes and a garage Wednesday morning.
Crews were sent to a two-storey house on Cobourg Avenue, between Beatrice Street and Glenwood Crescent and a few streets north of Elmwood Cemetery, at 6:40 a.m.
Firefighters tried to fight the blaze from inside but had to exit because of the conditions. They later went inside to fully extinguish the fire.
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Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service crews fire a fire on Cobourg Avenue on Wednesday morning.
Crews went into the other two homes and the garage but had to exit one of them, a one-and-a-half storey house, because of deteriorating conditions. Firefighters used an aerial ladder truck to spray water on the blaze and protect a fourth house.
Everyone in the three houses got out on their own. One person was assessed by paramedics but did not require transport to hospital, and a firefighter was also given medical attention.
A cat was found dead in the house where the fire started. That home, and the one-and-a-half storey house, sustained significant damage. The other house and its garage sustained moderate damage, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release.
The WFPS said crews were expected to be on scene throughout the morning.
Earlier Wednesday, crews extinguished a fire in a two-storey residential dwelling on the 600 block of Selkirk Avenue. Firefighters were sent to the scene at 5:47 a.m. and declared the blaze under control at 6:24 a.m.
Residents exited the building before crews arrived. The City of Winnipeg’s emergency social services team was sent there to help displaced residents find temporary accommodations.
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