News briefs for Sunday, October 30, 2022

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) responded to two house fires on Pritchard Avenue and Ross Avenue West on Saturday, Oct. 29.

At 4:19 p.m., two neighbouring houses were on fire in the 400 block of Pritchard Avenue, a WFPS crew said. The fire was brought under control at 4:38 p.m. There was no one in either of the houses.

Later at 4:32 p.m., the WFPS responded to reports of a fire in a two-and-a-half-storey house in the 1500 block of Ross Avenue West. Crews tackled the fire from inside the house and brought it under control at 4:56 p.m.

No one was in the house at the time of the incident.

There were no injuries reported. The cause of the fires is under investigation.

A fire broke out in a vacant, single-storey house in the 500 block of Stella Avenue at 9:42 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said.

Firefighters attacked the fire from inside the house and brought it under control at 9:55 p.m.

Crews searched the house and no occupants were found. No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.