Winnipeg, MB – At 5:17 a.m. on February 3, 2019, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) crews responded to an alarm in a two and a half storey apartment complex in the 1000 block of Grant Avenue. Once on scene crews were met with smoke and located a fire in a basement suite. An interior, offensive attack was launched and by 5:32 a.m., the fire was declared under control.
Crews located two occupants of the affected suite and brought them to safety. They were treated on scene for smoke inhalation and transported to hospital in unstable condition. The other occupants of the building did not require evacuation. No other injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. No damage estimates are available at this time.