Winnipeg firefighters called to four fires Sunday evening, early Monday

Winnipeg firefighters were kept busy with four fires Sunday evening through early Monday.

The first call came in at 6:15 p.m., when Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service crews raced to a fire on a balcony on a three-storey mixed-use commercial and residential building on the 600 block of Notre Dame Avenue.

Firefighters prevented the flames from spreading and quickly put the fire out. The fire appears to have been sparked by someone disposing of a cigarette.

Just before 11:20 p.m., crews were called to a rooming house on the 600 block of Spence Street, where they were forced out of the building due to poor conditions. Firefighters fought the fire from the outside until they were able to get back inside and extinguish the blaze by 12:20 a.m. No residents were hurt.

At about 3:30 a.m. Monday, firefighters responded to an alarm at a four-storey apartment on Guy Savoie Drive, where they found smoke in the building, but discovered that the building’s sprinkler system had extinguished a fire in a suite. Crews made sure the fire was out before leaving.

Then just before 5:30 a.m., crews were called to a four-storey apartment on the 2500 block of Waverley Street, where they again found smoke and discovered the sprinkler system had put out a fire. Firefighters double-checked the fire was out and ventilated smoke out of the building. The fire was contained to one suite, but neighbouring suites were damaged by water from the sprinklers.