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Firefighters battle flames at St. Boniface auto shop
ManitobaFlames lit up the sky above St. Boniface Thursday night, as Winnipeg firefighters battled a fire at an auto shop.Nobody reported inside building at time of blazeCBC News · Posted: Feb 20, 2020 9:35 PM CT | Last Updated: February 21Winnipeg firefighters battle a blaze in an auto shop on Provencher Boulevard Thursday night. 0:39Flames…
Flames lit up the sky above St. Boniface Thursday night, as Winnipeg firefighters battled a fire at an auto shop.
Nobody reported inside building at time of blaze
CBC News ·
Winnipeg firefighters battle a blaze in an auto shop on Provencher Boulevard Thursday night. 0:39
Flames lit up the sky above St. Boniface Thursday night, as Winnipeg firefighters battled a fire at an auto shop.
According to a tweet from the United Firefighters of Winnipeg, crews began fighting the fire some time after 8 p.m.
WFD Crews are working at a fire at 169 Provencher Blvd, please avoid the area! Pics from bystander. #NeverOffDuty pic.twitter.com/3OLQiViB5W
A witness at the scene said flames appeared to be licking out of the roof of an auto shop at the corner of Provencher Boulevard and St. Joseph Street. About half a dozen fire trucks were on the scene.
At 9:23 p.m., the City of Winnipeg sent a tweet saying crews were fighting a fire in a commercial building in the 100 block of Provencher between Tache Avenue and Aulneau Street. Residents were advised to avoid the area.
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service platoon chief Alden Derragh told CBC News he had no reports of anyone being inside the structure when his crews arrived. He said approximately 28 firefighters were brought in to battle the blaze.
Derragh confirmed flames had broken through the roof of the building and said his crews would be in a defensive mode “for quite some time.”
With files from Sarah Petz and Walther Bernal
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