A man has been charged after a pickup truck slammed into a Marlborough Park home on Thursday night, possibly sparking a fire.
Calgary fire said the call came in at around 10:40 p.m. for a report of a house fire.
When fire crews arrived at the home in the 5800-block of 4 Avenue S.E., they found a pickup truck “had collided with a house causing significant structural damage,” a Calgary fire news release said Friday morning.
Fire crews extinguished a blaze in the home and began a search of the building, fire said.
“It’s quite a spectacular scene, quite honestly.”
Neis said nobody was injured inside the home.
Zach Hussein, who lives nearby, told Global News he saw the driver try to leave the scene.
Police confirmed on Friday the driver fled the scene but was brought into custody a short time later.
It was not clear whether the truck crashed into the home before, during or after the fire.
A large police presence surrounded the home and a police helicopter could be seen overhead on Thursday night.
On Friday, police said a man was charged with criminal hit and run. The man, whose age and name were not released, was also charged with possession under the new Cannabis Act.
-With files from Global News’ Blake Lough, Sarah Offin and Doug Vaessen.
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