{"id":916788,"date":"2026-10-01T16:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916788\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:46:18","slug":"fire-at-main-street-project-displaces-some-shelter-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/916788\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at Main Street Project displaces some shelter residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) is investigating a fire at the Main Street Project building \u2013 on Main Street and Logan Avenue \u2013 early Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>A monitored fire alarm was triggered shortly before 3 a.m. Crews arrived to find smoke inside the building, and they evacuated all occupants. Firefighters brought the blaze under control at 3:09 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The WFPS says prior to firefighters arriving, Main Street Project staff used fire extinguishers, which helped \u201cto keep it small and contained\u201d to a single room.<\/p>\n<p>The shelter remained open at reduced capacity, with some displaced residents moved to other shelters in the area.<\/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\/10\/1790873178_605_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":"The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) is investigating a fire at the Main Street Project building \u2013 on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":916789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-916788","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\/916788","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=916788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/916788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/916789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=916788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=916788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}