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The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to three separate structure fires across the city within a span of 24 hours.
Crews were first called at 6:36 p.m. on Wednesday, to a fire in a vacant commercial building in the 200 block of McGregor Street. Firefighters encountered smoke and flames and conducted an interior attack, bringing the fire under control at 7:30 p.m. No one was found inside. A fire watch remained in place overnight and ended at 5 a.m.
Crews returned to the same McGregor Street building at 12:47 p.m. after reports of another fire. Heavy smoke and flames were visible on arrival, and firefighters brought the second fire under control by 1:12 p.m. Both incidents are under investigation.
Earlier on Thursday, at 3:40 a.m., firefighters responded to a blaze in a vacant one-and-a-half-storey house in the 1200 block of Alexander Avenue. Crews initially fought the fire defensively before moving inside. The fire was declared under control at 5:29 a.m.
In a separate incident, crews responded at 4:57 p.m. on Wednesday to a chimney fire at a single-family bungalow on Lakepointe Road. The fire was brought under control at 5:32 p.m. after an interior attack. All occupants had safely evacuated before firefighters arrived.
All fires remain under investigation, and damage estimates have not been released. No injuries were reported in any of the incidents.
