Calgary fire crews were called to a house fire in the city’s northeast just before 11 a.m. Monday.
A single-family, two-storey home on Tara Cove Way N.E. was fully engulfed in flames and large flumes of smoke were seen in the neighbourhood. No one was in the home at the time.
Firefighters said it was so intense, neighbours from either side were evacuated as a precaution. No one was injured.
“Right now it’s still too dangerous to go into the home where the fire started because there is a partial collapse,” Calgary Fire Department spokesperson Carol Henke said just before noon. “So right now we’re putting out hot spots from the outside.”
Fire crews said one neighbouring home had “minor heat damage to the vinyl siding.”
“Due to structural concerns, fire crews were unable to do a search of the interior of the home, however it is believed that the family that lives there was away during the start of the fire,” Henke said in a statement.
A relative told Global News the family of five was away in British Columbia at the time of the fire.
Area roads were blocked off as of noon as fire crews continued their work.
Anyone with information, photos or video of the fire–especially prior to fire department arrival on scene–please email the public information officer at piofire@calgary.ca.