{"id":844859,"date":"2026-08-03T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/844859\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T18:06:13","slug":"downtown-winnipeg-restaurant-previously-damaged-in-suspected-arson-goes-up-in-flames-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/844859\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Winnipeg restaurant previously damaged in suspected arson goes up in flames again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A downtown Winnipeg restaurant that was forced to close down last fall after a suspected arson was once again on fire Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg firefighters were called to Boujee Restaurant and Bar, which has been vacant since an October 2025 blaze, around 5:38 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the building on Main Street.<\/p>\n<p>While the fire was declared under control at 9:40 p.m., crews remained on scene throughout the night to extinguish hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe building sustained significant fire, smoke and water damage,\u201d WFPS said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>No occupants were found inside the building, and no injuries were reported. The fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant was damaged by flames in October in what police have described as a string of arsons targeted various restaurants and the offices of two ministers\u2019 offices.<\/p>\n<p>A suspect was charged in November.<\/p>\n<p>More coming.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A downtown Winnipeg restaurant that was forced to close down last fall after a suspected arson was once&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-844859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/844859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=844859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=844859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}