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One person was found dead Sunday and another injured after a fire at a motel in the 1800 block of Pembina Highway.
Firefighters responded to the two-storey Capri Motel at around 8:39 a.m. They had flames under control by just before 9 a.m.
By The Canadian Press
PLUMAS, Man. — Investigators have determined that careless cooking caused a mobile home fire in a small western Manitoba community that killed two adults and a toddler.
The office of Manitoba’s commissioner says its investigation into the Nov. 9 blaze in Plumas also found there were no working smoke detectors in the residence.
Three people, including a toddler, were found deceased after a mobile home caught fire in western Manitoba Friday evening.
Emergency crews responded to Provincial Road 265 between 73W and 74W at around 3 p.m. The area is approximately five kilometres west of Plumas, Manitoba.
Manitoba RCMP are investigating suspicious fire at a church in Carman.
Emergency crews were called to the Carman church on 1st Street NW Monday morning and found a single room engulfed.
WINNIPEG — One person was taken to hospital in critical condition Tuesday night after a fire broke out in a bungalow in the 800 block of Sherburn Street.
Emergency crews arrived at around 9:17 p.m. and learned a person was trapped inside. Firefighters launched an offensive attack and began searching the residence for the victim.
Winnipeg police are investigating a fire on Halloween night that claimed the life of a man at a home at 506 Pritchard Avenue.
Emergency crews were called to the residence at around 10:25 p.m. and located the man inside. He was taken to hospital in critical condition and succumbed to his injuries.
Winnipeg firefighters were kept busy Halloween night, responding to four structure fires in the city and a silo fire just outside of the Perimeter.
The first call came in at around 9:46 p.m. for a one-storey blaze at a home in the 900 block of Inkster Boulevard.
The death of 63-year-old Betty Hughes in a house explosion in Brandon on Tuesday is now being investigated as a murder.
Brandon police and the Office of the Fire Commissioner have been investigating the circumstances surrounding the explosion in the 200 block of Queens Avenue East in the city’s Green Acres neighbourhood. Police said on Saturday they have determined that the death of the woman was not accidental and the explosion was intentionally set. Injuries to the victim determined she was deceased prior to the explosion.
Members of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service are participating in an emergency response exercise today.
The live training exercise is being organized by Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway at the CP Winnipeg Yard between McPhillips Street and Arlington Street.
BRANDON, Man. — An explosion has extensively damaged a house in Brandon and claimed the life of at least one person.
The blast happened around 8 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Queens Avenue East in the city’s Green Acres neighbourhood.
