Two blazes maintain Winnipeg Fireplace Paramedic Service crews busy on Saturday night time

A pair of blazes simply minutes aside had been safely dealt with by Winnipeg Fireplace Paramedic Service crews on Saturday night time.

The primary name got here in at 6:41 p.m. for a fireplace in a two-storey, single-family dwelling within the 200 block of Hampton Avenue.

Crews had been in a position to get inside the house as soon as on the scene however needed to abandon their offensive assault due to worsening circumstances.

It took over 90 minutes to place out, however everybody inside had already left the constructing earlier than crews acquired there and nobody was damage.

Whereas the primary group was battling that blaze, one other name got here in for a fireplace at a multi-family dwelling within the 300 block of Faculty Avenue.

It took firefighters over an hour to get issues underneath management, and so they had to assist evacuate some occupants from the three-storey dwelling — however once more, nobody was damage.

The causes of each fires are underneath investigation, and no injury estimates can be found.

With Manitoba extended in a week-long excessive chilly warning, WFPS crews have been busy, reporting 5 construction fires at houses across the metropolis since Friday afternoon.

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