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Winnipeg firefighters responded to two fires in vacant properties early Tuesday morning.
The first fire broke out around 12:27 a.m. at a vacant two-storey house on Pritchard Avenue. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames, bringing the fire under control by 1:15 a.m. No occupants were found, and no injuries were reported.
Hours later, at 3:29 a.m., crews were called to a second fire at a vacant home on Burrows Avenue. The house, previously damaged in a 2022 fire, was engulfed in smoke and flames. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze, and no injuries were reported.
Both fires remain under investigation.
Ellice Avenue blaze
Late Monday, firefighters were called to a monitored alarm in a three-storey apartment building in the 600 block of Ellice Avenue.
They arrived at around 6:46 p.m. to find a fire in one of the suites.
Occupants of the building safely self-evacuated. No injuries were reported.
The fire remains under investigation and no damage estimates are available.
