{"id":865131,"date":"2026-08-20T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865131\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:38:10","slug":"boarded-up-house-burns-off-disraeli-freeway-in-central-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865131\/","title":{"rendered":"Boarded-up house burns off Disraeli Freeway in central Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manitoba<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smoke filled the air around Winnipeg&#8217;s South Point Douglas neighbourhood on Thursday as emergency crews worked to put out a fire in a boarded-up house.<\/p>\n<p>Northbound Disraeli traffic reduced to 1 lane, drivers urged to find alternative route<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Aug 20, 2026 9:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Smoke rises from a white house that is on fire\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787240290_258_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Smoke billows from a home at the corner of Disraeli Freeway and Argyle Street early Thursday. (Jaison Empson\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>Smoke filled the air around Winnipeg&#8217;s South Point Douglas neighbourhood on Thursday as emergency crews worked to put out a fire in a boarded-up house.<\/p>\n<p>The two-storey home is at the corner of Disraeli Freeway and Argyle Street, forcing fire crews to shut down northbound lanes of Disraeli, except for the median one.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, United Fire Fighters of Winnipeg president Nick Kasper said the house was engulfed in flames when crews arrived.<\/p>\n<p>He included images and video that showed flames leaping several feet into the air above the roof.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Initial-arriving crews attempted an aggressive interior attack but were forced to withdraw due to deteriorating and unsafe building conditions,&#8221; Kasper&#8217;s post stated.<\/p>\n<p>There was no information about when firefighters were called there, but Kasper said crews from Wednesday night\u2019s shift responded and were working overtime.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Firefighters on a ladder spray water onto a burning house\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787240290_533_default.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4452516865594187\" data-cy=\"image-img\"\/>Firefighters spray water onto the house around 7:30 a.m. (Jaison Empson\/CBC)<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manitoba Smoke filled the air around Winnipeg&#8217;s South Point Douglas neighbourhood on Thursday as emergency crews worked to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-865131","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\/865131","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=865131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}