Five people were taken to hospital in stable condition after a house fire in Transcona Tuesday night.
The blaze broke out in a two-storey home in the 300 block of Yale Avenue West, just before 7 p.m, and eventually spread to the neighbouring home. Fire crews were able to put both blazes out in about 45 minutes.
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The five people in the initial home that started on fire were able to self-evacuate. Nobody was home in the other house that caught on fire.
Both homes sustained significant fire, smoke and water damage.
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