Firefighters were kept busy Friday night battling four separate fires in less than eight hours.
An apartment complex at 145 Powers St., was evacuated after a fire broke out in one of the building around 7:45 p.m. Crews had the blaze under control at 8:20 p.m. and assessed one patient, the city said in a news release Saturday.
The City of Winnipeg Emergency Social Services team responded to the scene to provide shelter for displaced residents.
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Crews respond to the fire on Powers Street.
Shortly before midnight, crews went to a fire at Main Street Project to douse a second blaze, which was taken care of quickly. Spokeswoman Cindy Titus said the fire was in one of the shelter’s bathrooms but no one was hurt.
At 1:27 a.m. Saturday, crews responded to a garage fire in the 500 block of Burrows Avenue. They had it under control by 1:51 a.m., the city said.
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Nearly two hours later, fire paramedics arrived at the first block of Archibald Street, where they found heavy smoke and flames coming from a commercial building. The fire was under control by 3:58 a.m., the city said.
The cause of the fire is also being investigated.
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