Crews battle four separate structure fires in span of hours

Friday night, Winnipeg firefighters faced four separate structure fires within a span of less than eight hours. Starting around 7:45 p.m., one of the occupants at an apartment complex at 145 Powers St. was evacuated as a fire erupted inside the building. Firefighters managed to control the blaze by 8:20 p.m. and reported one patient requiring medical attention, with the City of Winnipeg Emergency Social Services providing shelter for displaced residents.

Just before midnight, crew members responded to another fire at Main Street Project, extinguishing the flames quickly before anyone was harmed. At 1:27 a.m. on Saturday, crews were dispatched to a garage fire located on the 500 block of Burrows Avenue. By 1:51 a.m., the fire was brought under control.

Finally, at 3:58 a.m., fire paramedics arrived at the first block of Archibald Street after finding heavy smoke and flames emanating from a commercial building. The fire was also under control by this time. The cause of all the fires is currently under investigation.