Vacant house goes up in flames in Winnipeg's North End, neighbouring buildings evacuated

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 07, 2025 2:28 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

A vacant location successful Winnipeg's North End is acceptable for demolition aft it sustained important harm successful a Monday greeting fire.

Crews were called to the 1½-storey location connected Magnus Avenue, conscionable disconnected Arlington Street, astir 7:30 a.m., and recovered fume and flames coming retired of it, said a quality merchandise from the city.

Firefighters launched a antiaircraft onslaught due to the fact that it was not harmless to enter. They remained astatine the country aboriginal Monday afternoon, utilizing an aerial ladder and manus lines to use h2o to the fire.

Neighbouring homes were evacuated arsenic a precaution, and the city's exigency societal services squad helped supply impermanent enactment to those who were affected.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service is arranging an exigency demolition of the house.

The cause of the occurrence remains under investigation.

Road closures successful the country volition stay successful spot until enactment is completed, the city's quality merchandise said.

Crews volition show conditions and use soil and de-icing worldly to amended traction connected sidewalks and roads successful the area.

The metropolis urges anyone who sees idiosyncratic entering a vacant building to call 911 and study it immediately.

If it appears boarded-up windows oregon doors person been breached, but nary 1 is seen going successful oregon out, radical are asked to fto the metropolis cognize by calling 311 oregon submitting the information online.