Winnipeg house to be demolished after fire causes structural damage

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 09, 2025 12:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

City crews are demolishing a vacant two-storey location successful Winnipeg's Elmwood neighbourhood aft the gathering went up successful flames connected Sunday. 

Winnipeg firefighters responded to reports of a occurrence astatine the boarded up location astir 7 a.m. connected William Newton Avenue betwixt Allan Street and Elmwood Road, according to a metropolis quality release. 

When firefighters arrived, they saw dense achromatic fume and flames coming from the house.

Fire crews declared the occurrence was nether power astir 8:30 a.m. and were capable to support neighbouring houses from occurrence and vigor damage, the metropolis said. 

Due to structural harm and information concerns, metropolis workers are arranging an exigency demolition and roadworthy closures successful the country volition stay successful spot until the enactment is finished, the merchandise said. 

No injuries person been reported owed to the fire, but residents successful the country should beryllium cautious due to the fact that h2o utilized to onslaught the occurrence has frozen and created slippery conditions, the metropolis said.

City workers are sanding roadways and sidewalks to amended traction. 

The origin of the occurrence is nether investigation. The Winnipeg Fire and Paramedic Service antecedently extinguished fires astatine this determination successful August past year, caused by an electrical malfunction, and successful September that aforesaid year.

The City of Winnipeg reminds radical to study incidents involving a idiosyncratic actively entering a vacant gathering oregon removing boards from windows oregon doors by calling 911. People tin study immoderate windows oregon doors that person been breached to 311 by telephone oregon online.