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Residents escape Winnipeg rooming house fire on Good Friday


Residents evacuated from a North End rooming house after Winnipeg police spotted a noon-hour fire on Good Friday.

The officers noticed the fire around 12:10 p.m. in a two-storey rooming house at the corner of Dufferin Avenue and Andrews Street, according to a police spokesperson.

By the time firefighters arrived, all residents of the building were outside and no injuries were reported, the city said in a news release Friday. 

Firefighters tackled the blaze from inside the home, declaring it under control just after 12:45 p.m. 

The cause of the fire wasn’t released.

Scorch marks around a window from a fire
Scorch marks can be seen around a window of a rooming house at the corner of Dufferin Avenue and Andrews Street on Friday. (Ron Dhaliwal/CBC)



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