Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a fire in a two-storey vacant house on Elgin Avenue at 11:09 pm on Friday, June 30, 2023.


When firefighters arrived they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the structure. Interior and exterior attacks were launched.

Neighbours from nearby properties self-evacuated their homes while firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.
Crews remained on the scene for several hours. A search of the building found no one inside. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The house had sustained earlier damage during a fire on May 17, 2023
— with files from Keegan Driedger & Eileen O’Donnell