Fire destroys Wellington Crescent mansion

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Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press A fire fighter surveys the aftermath in the back yard of 1021 Wellington Crescent Monday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press A fire fighter surveys the aftermath in the back yard of 1021 Wellington Crescent Monday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Investigators at the scene of the fire Monday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Investigators at the scene of the fire Monday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press The aftermath of the fire at 1021 Wellington Crescent is seen on Monday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press The aftermath of the fire at 1021 Wellington Crescent is seen on Monday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press A back-hoe was removing debris from the back of the building Monday to make it safe for investigators to enter.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press A back-hoe was removing debris from the back of the building Monday to make it safe for investigators to enter.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Monday morning the fire commissioner was on scene.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press Monday morning the fire commissioner was on scene.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press The aftermath of 1021 Wellington Crescent after a fire destroyed the million dollar home on Sunday.
Melissa Tait / Winnipeg Free Press The aftermath of 1021 Wellington Crescent after a fire destroyed the million dollar home on Sunday.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Smoke is seen from the other side of the Assiniboine River at a fire at 1021 Wellington Crescent Sunday afternoon.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Smoke is seen from the other side of the Assiniboine River at a fire at 1021 Wellington Crescent Sunday afternoon.
Daren Jorgenson Firefighters battle a blaze at 1021 Wellington Cres. Sunday morning.
Daren Jorgenson Firefighters battle a blaze at 1021 Wellington Cres. Sunday morning.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press "We're very much shaken right now," the home's owner, Karl Dornetshuber, said in a brief telephone interview from Edmonton, where he, his wife and children were this weekend for a trip.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press The home was completely renovated in 2009 and
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press The home was completely renovated in 2009 and "thoroughly modernized" on the inside, according to an online design profile from Winnipeg-based Syverson Monteyne Architecture.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press The mansion, given its stately history, has made the news several times over the last decade. In September 2004, it was featured in the Free Press when it landed on the market for $1.9 million -- $200,000 more than any other home had previously sold for in the province.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press The mansion, given its stately history, has made the news several times over the last decade. In September 2004, it was featured in the Free Press when it landed on the market for $1.9 million -- $200,000 more than any other home had previously sold for in the province.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Fire officials have not yet released a cause for the blaze, which started around 6 a.m. Sunday.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press Fire officials have not yet released a cause for the blaze, which started around 6 a.m. Sunday.
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press The home has through the years been owned by some of the most wealthy of Winnipeg's citizens, families with the names of Sures, Smith, Peterson, Halter, Sifton and Asper
Trevor Hagan / Winnipeg Free Press The home has through the years been owned by some of the most wealthy of Winnipeg's citizens, families with the names of Sures, Smith, Peterson, Halter, Sifton and Asper
Winnipeg Free Press Firefighters work on extinguishing hotspots Sunday.
Winnipeg Free Press Firefighters work on extinguishing hotspots Sunday.
1021 Wellington Cres. as it appeared before the renovations.
1021 Wellington Cres. as it appeared before the renovations.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press Firefighters work on extinguishing hotspots in a fire at 1021 Wellington Crescent in Winnipeg Sunday, February 16, 2014.
John Woods / Winnipeg Free Press Firefighters work on extinguishing hotspots in a fire at 1021 Wellington Crescent in Winnipeg Sunday, February 16, 2014.

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