A firefighter suffered a minor injury while battling a blaze in a vacant house in Winnipeg early Sunday morning.
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service personnel went to a fire in a vacant two-storey house in the 600 block of Pritchard Avenue just after 5 a.m.
Firefighters launched a defensive attack against the blaze while they gained access to the house. Once they got into the building, they went on the offensive, declaring the fire under control at around 6:30 a.m.
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Crews searched the house and found no one inside.
Paramedics treated a firefighter who got injured on scene. The firefighter did not require transport to hospital.
The cause of the fire is under investigation and no damage estimates are yet available.
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