{"id":898374,"date":"2026-09-16T21:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/898374\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T21:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T21:30:11","slug":"winnipeg-apartment-building-damaged-by-explosion-just-before-noon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/898374\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg apartment building damaged by explosion just before noon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg fire crews battled a fire that was caused by an explosion at an apartment building just before noon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>WFPS says firefighters responded to the two-storey apartment building along Clare Avenue at 11:57 a.m. on Sept. 16, after receiving a report of an explosion.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived, crews noticed damage to the building before conducting a hazard assessment and battling the blaze, which had started as a result of the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>The building was evacuated for precautionary reasons, and WFPS notes that one person was assessed at the scene by paramedics, but was not taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the explosion is under investigation, but at this time, it is believed to be accidental.<\/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\/09\/1789594211_235_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":"Winnipeg fire crews battled a fire that was caused by an explosion at an apartment building just before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898375,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-898374","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\/898374","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=898374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}