2 people in critical condition after house fire in Fort Garry

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Winnipeg fire-paramedic crews were called around 11 p.m. Friday to a fire at a two-storey house in the first block of Riverside Drive. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC - image credit)
Winnipeg fire-paramedic crews were called around 11 p.m. Friday to a fire at a two-storey house in the first block of Riverside Drive. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC - image credit)

Two people were taken to hospital in critical condition after a Fort Garry home was engulfed in flames late Friday night.

Fire-paramedic crews were called around 11 p.m. to a fire at a two-storey house in the first block of Riverside Drive, east of Pembina Highway and south of Jubilee Avenue.

Firefighters attacked the flames from outside the house until they could get inside to search for residents, a Saturday news release from the city said.

Paramedics took two people to hospital in critical condition, the city said.

A Winnipeg police vehicle remained at the scene on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, after two people were taken to hospital in critical condition following a Dec. 13 house fire at a two-storey house in the first block of Riverside Drive in Winnipeg, east of Pembina Highway and south of Jubilee Avenue.
A Winnipeg police vehicle remained at the scene on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, after two people were taken to hospital in critical condition following a Dec. 13 house fire at a two-storey house in the first block of Riverside Drive in Winnipeg, east of Pembina Highway and south of Jubilee Avenue.

A Winnipeg police vehicle remained at the scene on Saturday after the Friday night fire sent two people to hospital in critical condition. (Jeff Stapleton/CBC)

The fire was put out shortly after 1 a.m. Its cause is under investigation and no damage estimates for the home are available at this time, the city said.

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