Calgary home suffers ‘significant’ damage to kitchen in Wednesday fire

The Calgary Fire Department says a fire in the city’s southeast on Wednesday caused “significant damage” to the kitchen of a single-storey home.

Crews were called to the fire in the 2000 block of 45 Street S.E. at about 8:45 a.m.

“I was looking out my window, I noticed some smoke,” neighbour Roxanna Carriere said. “I thought it was just a diesel truck that went by.”

The fire department said the couple living in the home was alerted to the fire by a smoke alarm. The woman ran outside to get help, and was assisted by a couple driving by who stopped to call 911 for her.

The driver of the vehicle then tried to enter the home, but couldn’t due to the amount of thick black smoke.

“One resident was able to evacuate, the other resident was not, but was rescued by fire crews,” spokesperson Carol Henke explained.

EMS said both residents, a man and woman, were taken to the Peter Lougheed Centre for precautionary reasons.

Carriere called the fire “a very intense moment for our neighbours.”