Home Hardware store in Neepawa destroyed
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Neepawa’s Home Hardware store was destroyed by fire Wednesday night.
Smoke and flames poured from the building along the town’s main street around 6:30 p.m., a witness said, and mini-explosions — likely due to chemicals stored within the building — could be seen shooting across the sky from blocks away.
Neepawa resident Corrie Ford, who lives three blocks from the store at 366 Mountain Ave., watched from her window as volunteer firefighters from Neepawa and Minnedosa battled the blaze and tried to minimize damage to neighbouring buildings.
“The flames are ridiculously high right now,” said Ford, who saw the Home Hardware building collapse around 8:40 p.m.
Ford said it was the biggest fire she’s seen in Neepawa since the burning of the historic Hamilton Hotel in February 2004.
There were no reported injuries. The store closed for the day at 6 p.m.
There is no word yet on the cause of the fire.
Neepawa is on the Yellowhead Highway, about 190 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.
— staff