WINNIPEG Residents of a Willow Park housing unit in the Tyndall Park area narrowly escaped a major fire early Saturday morning. Nik Lynam said he and his brother were sleeping when they heard the fire alarm go off, moments later, his brother was yelling that they needed to get out. The alarm is serious. You re running out of the house, you re just seeing the couches and the window and the curtains all up in flames, explained Lynam. As soon as we left the door, you heard the glass shatter. Lynam said once they escaped the home, his brother called 911.
WINNIPEG The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said three separate fires in homes on College Avenue Monday morning are considered suspicious. Firefighters were called to the first fire at an empty, two-storey house in the 300 block of College Avenue just after 3:50 a.m. When crews got to the scene, they found light smoke coming from the house. Firefighters attacked the fire from inside the house and had it under control by 4:24 a.m. A few hours later, just after 7 a.m., crews were called to another fire on College Avenue. This fire was in a two-and-a-half storey house in the 500 block of the street.
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Two homes are facing fire damages after emergencies Sunday night.
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Services (WFPS) responded to two fires on Easter, including one caused by a cooking fire.
The first fire, reported around 8 p.m., was in the 700 block of Dufferin Avenue at a multi-family residence. When WFPS arrived, they saw the home leaking heavy smoke and flames.
All of the home s occupants self-evacuated. One person was assessed by on-scene paramedics and was determined to need hospital care, They remain in unstable condition.
Launching an offensive attack, the fire was under control 23 minutes later.
The WFPS says unattended cooking was the cause of an accidental fire in the first 100 block of Manila Road at 8:09 p.m. Sunday. They say when they arrived, the single-family bungalow had heavy smoke pouring out of it, leading them to launch an offensive attack.