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Three Winnipeg firefighters injured in Austin Street blaze

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Fire in vacant Winnipeg home under investigation
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Services responded to a fire within a vacant house in the 200 block of Austin Street North early on Sunday morning. Three crew members sustained minor injuries while attacking the fire from inside and the cause of the fire remains under investigation – Aug 28, 2023

Three firefighters are recovering after being injured battling a fire at a vacant house in Winnipeg’s North Point Douglas neighbourhood.

Fire crews were called to the vacant building in the 200 block of Austin Street North at 12:45 a.m. and found smoke and flames coming from the house.

The blaze was under control just before 3 a.m.

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Three firefighters sustained minor injuries, with two sent to hospital in stable condition and one receiving assessment from paramedics on scene.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. No damage estimates are available.

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