Fire in Victor Street home put out

Crews extinguished a fire in a multi-family home on Victor Street early Monday.

Firefighters were sent to the two-and-a-half storey building on the 700 block shortly after 4:10 a.m. They declared the fire under control shortly after 4:30 a.m.

Everyone inside got out before crews arrived.

On Sunday, crews were sent to a vacant, single-storey commercial building on the 800 block of Main Street shortly after 2:45 p.m. and declared the fire under control shortly before 3:30 p.m.

The building was damaged by several previous fires, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release Monday.

Earlier Sunday, at 1:55 p.m., crews were sent to a vacant, one-and-a-half storey house on the 700 block of Talbot Avenue. They declared the fire there under control shortly before 4:15 p.m. The house was also damaged in a fire Friday. Crews were sent to the house at 11:20 a.m. and declared the fire under control about 20 minutes later.

The causes of the fires, including Friday’s, are under investigation.