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Firefighters respond to major blaze on Charles Street

Minutes before 2:00 am on Friday April 17, 2020, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a fire in a commercial building at the corner of Charles Street and Sutherland Avenue.

When firefighters arrived on scene they were greeted with heavy smoke and flames coming from the structure.

Charles Street fire April 17, 2020 (UFFW 867)
Hydrants feed the ladder trucks as they battle a fire in a commercial building (Robb Mitchell / News 4)
Ladder trucks pour water from above during Charles Street blaze (Keegan Driedger / News 4)
Aerial of the Charles Street fire (Submitted / Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service)
Ground crews use hand lines to attack the fire from the exterior of the structure (Keegan Driedger / News 4)

Crews launched an attack from the exterior of the building using ladder trucks and ground crews to knock down the flames.

The fire was still flaring up more than 90 minutes after it started as crews continued to pour thousands of gallons onto hotspots within the structure.

Fire crews are expected to be on scene for much of the morning.

No injuries were reported

The cause of the blaze is under investigation.

In February firefighters battled another suspicious fire in a fenced yard adjacent to the building.

© News4.ca 2020

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