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Calgary firefighters battle blaze in Southwood

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Calgary firefighters battle house fire in Southwood
Firefighters were called to a single-storey home in southwest Calgary on Tuesday morning to battle a fire. As Sarah Offin reports, crews arrived to find smoke and heat coming from the basement. – Feb 23, 2021

The Calgary Fire Department says all residents living in a home in the community of Southwood were able to get out safely after a fire broke out on Tuesday.

Crews were called to a single-storey house in the 10700 block of Elbow Drive Southwest just before 5 a.m.

Firefighters respond to a home in the 10700 block of Elbow Drive Southwest on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Craig Hooper / Global News

Firefighters found thick smoke coming from a fire in the basement of the home.

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Initially, the CFD said that although four people were able to get out of the house on their own and be assessed by paramedics, another person was missing.

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Speaking to Global News later in the morning, one of the residents confirmed all of the people from the home were safe and accounted for.

Firefighters respond to a home in the 10700 block of Elbow Drive Southwest on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Global News

No injuries were reported.

The fire caused a section of Elbow Drive Southwest to be closed temporarily as crews battled the blaze.

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– With files from Sarah Offin

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