Fire crews spend hours battling West St. Paul house fire

Firefighters from West St. Paul spent hours Thursday battling a blaze inside a two-storey home, with the public asked to avoid the area as crews worked into the evening.

The West St. Paul Fire Department was alerted to a structure fire on the 800 block of Rossmore Avenue shortly before 10 a.m., and arrived to find the home engulfed in flames, it said in a news release later that day.

Two people self-evacuated from the home before firefighters arrived. Fire crews battled the flames with a defensive attack, and the incident remained active as of 5 p.m., the release said.

Paramedics from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service were also dispatched to provide support. They assessed two patients, neither of whom required transportation to the hospital, a WFPS spokesperson said.

Additional equipment and personnel from the St. Andrews Fire Department and the East St. Paul Fire Department assisted on scene.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, and no injuries were reported, the West St. Paul Fire Department said.