A Winnipeg firefighter was taken to hospital Wednesday night while battling a blaze at a vacant Balmoral Street apartment building that is very familiar to local crews because they’ve had to extinguish flames there at least five times since 2021, most recently last June.
Firefighters said they were called to the three-storey building just before 7:40 p.m. and were able to get the fire under control within about an hour.
No occupants were found in a search of the building, and the injured firefighter was taken to hospital in stable condition.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.