Winnipeg emergency crews respond to 5 fires in just under 8 hours

Five fires in buildings in five different areas of the city in just under eight hours kept Winnipeg emergency crews busy from Thursday night into Friday morning.

The first call came in just before 7 p.m. at a single-storey warehouse on Edwin Street, south of the Disraeli Freeway.

Crews found smoke and flames coming from the building but quickly brought the fire under control, a news release from the city said.

No one was found inside.

Around 8:15 p.m., crews went to afire in a single-family bungalow on Dearborn Avenuein the Elmwood area, and once again found smoke and flames,with some extending to a neighbouring house.

Occupants of both houses got out safely before the arrival of firefighters, who brought the fire undercontrol by 8:45p.m.

The next call came from theWest Broadway area just before midnight. A vacant two-storey house was on fire onWestminster Avenue, near LangsideStreet.

The samehome was damagedin two previous fires, inAugust 2022andMay 2023,the news release said.

The smoke and flames in the blaze Fridaywere extinguished around 12:45a.m.

Crews were then called around 1:25 a.m.to a two-storey house on Kinkora Drive inthe Charleswood neighbourhood.

An attached garage was engulfed in smoke and flames, with the fire extending to the house.

Firefighters initially attacked the fire from the outside, then went in when it was safe. The fire was declared under control around 2:40a.m.

Everyone in the house got out safely beforecrews arrived.

The call for the fifth fire came in just as the Kinkora one was wrapping up, at 2:40 a.m. Flames had engulfed one garage and were extending to another onPolson Avenue, off McGregorStreet, in the St. John's area.

That fire was declared under control at 3a.m.

The causes of all the fires areunder investigation, and no damage estimates are available at this time, the release said.

No injuries were reported in any of the fires.