Another vacant home goes up in flames in Winnipeg
Posted September 3, 2022 3:06 pm.
Yet another vacant home caught fire in Winnipeg – this time in North End.
Fire crews needed to put out a fire in a vacant one-and-a-half storey house Saturday morning on Burrows Avenue near Powers Street.
The WFPS was called shortly before 6 a.m. Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from the structure. The fire was under control by 7:03 a.m.
No injuries were reported.
String of vacant homes catching fire
It’s the latest in a string of vacant homes going up in flames in the city.
Earlier this week, three firefighters were hurt putting out a fire in a vacant multi-family home on Toronto Street.
And last weekend, a firefighter was injured putting out a fire at a vacant home on Selkirk Avenue.
Another Saturday morning fire: Furby Street
Later Saturday morning, at 10 a.m., crews were called to a garage fire on Furby Street near Sargent Avenue.
Two neighbouring garages were fully engulfed in flams. The fire was declared under control by 10:18 a.m.
The cause of both fires is under investigation.
