Vacant Building

• Vacant Winnipeg home gutted by overnight fire, emergency demolition ordered

  Another fire at a vacant home in Point Douglas has led to a demolition order. Winnipeg firefighters contended with frigid temperatures but managed to keep the fire from spreading. 

  Fire

  Jan 19, 2025
  
• Vacant Winnipeg house slated for demolition after early morning fire

  A vacant house on Pritchard Avenue is slated for emergency demolition after an early morning fire Thursday, firefighters say.

  Fire

  Aug 22, 2024
  
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• ‘Seconds to get out’: Kelowna man who escaped burning building recounts incident

  Micheal Praught and his dog narrowly escaped serious injury while fleeing a burning building in Kelowna last Monday.

  Fire

  Jul 16, 2024
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• Winnipeg firefighters attend Logan Avenue blaze in vacant industrial building

  WFPS are on scene attending to a fire at a vacant building on Logan Ave.. The structure was previously damaged by another fire in August 2023, and was partially demolished.

  Fire

  May 18, 2024
• Winnipeg firefighters battle Mountain Avenue blaze

  The commercial space was the second vacant building to catch fire on Tuesday. Firefighters were called to a vacant house just 12 hours earlier.

  Fire

  May 23, 2023
• Winnipeg firefighters take on structure fires Wednesday night

  Winnipeg firefighters had their hands full Wednesday night with structure fires at a vacant house and a three-storey apartment building.

  Fire

  May 18, 2023
• Police fatally shoot man in commercial break and enter, one officer also injured

  Calgary police and EMS have declined to comment regarding a rather large police scene at a vacant building in the city's northeast community of Franklin.

  Crime

  Feb 14, 2023
• Vacant downtown Winnipeg apartment building to be demolished after morning fire

  A vacant apartment building on Gertie Street will be demolished after a fire early Tuesday, Winnipeg fire officials say.

  Fire

  Jan 17, 2023
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• City councillor looks to speed up derelict building demolition process as another vacant home burns

  Winnipeg fire crews were on Manitoba Avenue Monday where a vacant house went up in flames. The home was expected to be a total loss and would be torn down, officials said.

  Fire

  Nov 21, 2022
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• Bracebridge OPP investigate ‘suspicious’ structure fire

  The Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a 'suspicious' structure fire in an abandoned building earlier this week.

  Crime

  Sep 15, 2022