Overheated battery causes commercial fire in St. James

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City fire crews responded to reports of a fire alarm in the St. James Industrial neighbourhood Wednesday evening.

Firefighters arrived at the two-storey commercial building in the 1200 block of Border Street around 7:26 p.m., finding smoke and flames inside, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a release Thursday.

Fire crews were able to battle the blaze from within the building, declaring it under control by 7:46 p.m. The building was empty at the time of the fire, and nobody was injured, WFPS said.

The fire service believes the blaze was caused by an overheated battery.