Crews put out two fires Friday morning
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One person was taken to hospital after a fire in St. Vital on Friday morning.
Firefighters were sent to a four-storey apartment building on Meadowood Drive at about 9 a.m. The only building matching that description is Meadowood Place at 525 Meadowood, part of the not-for-profit Village Canadien housing co-operative.
Crews declared the fire under control within half an hour.
Most residents of the building got out before crews arrived. Two residents were assessed by paramedics, and one was taken to hospital.
Damage was contained to the suite where the fire started.
“Preliminary observations suggest the fire was accidental, caused by unattended cooking,” the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release Friday.
Earlier, at about 8:30 a.m., crews were sent to a fire in a one-and-a-half storey house on the 200 block of Midwinter Avenue in Elmwood. They declared the fire under control shortly before 9 a.m.
Everyone inside got out before firefighters arrived.