Vacant Winnipeg home gutted by overnight fire, emergency demolition ordered

An exigency demolition bid has been issued for a vacant Winnipeg location gutted by occurrence aboriginal Sunday morning.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said it was called to the spot successful the 200 artifact of Austin Street North, eastbound of Main Street successful Point Douglas, astir 6:20 a.m.

Crews were forced to instrumentality a antiaircraft approach, arsenic entering the location was unsafe. Firefighters besides had to contend with frigid temperatures that rendered the crushed successful the country ice-covered and slippery.

The occurrence work said temperatures were debased capable that crews had to rotate disconnected the occurrence enactment for breaks from the cold.

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Firefighters said nary injuries were reported, and they were capable to forestall the occurrence from spreading, but the gathering would person to beryllium demolished.

“The gathering has sustained important smoke, occurrence and h2o damage,” the occurrence work said successful a media release. “Due to structural concerns and to guarantee each blistery spots are extinguished, WFPS is arranging an exigency demolition.”

The occurrence work said crews had been called to a erstwhile occurrence astatine the aforesaid location past March.

Neighbours person been warned to usage caution successful the area, arsenic h2o utilized to combat the occurrence has since frozen and created slippery conditions.