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Winnipeg fire crews quickly douse St. Vital high-rise blaze

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Fire crews doused a blaze in a St. Vital high-rise Friday evening.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service went to the 14-storey apartment on Chesterfield Avenue between St. Marys Road and Dakota Street at about 9:50 p.m. Friday.

Firefighters found smoke coming from a suite on the third floor. The crew quickly tackled the blaze by about 10:10 p.m.

The fire only damaged the third-floor suite, WFPS says.

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Many residents got themselves out of the high-rise, but firefighters helped several flee. WFPS treated one person on scene, but the resident didn’t need to go to hospital. No one else was injured in the blaze.

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Winnipeg Transit sheltered residents in buses while firefighters ventilated the building. Residents were able to return home shortly after.

The fire’s cause is still under investigation.

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