Winnipeg firefighters tackle blaze at Wolseley apartment building Wednesday

Some residents of a four-storey Wolseley Avenue flat building will beryllium capable to return to their suites aft a Wednesday greeting fire, but others will beryllium temporarily displaced owed to fume damage, firefighters say.

Crews were called to nan building conscionable earlier 8:15 a.m. and were capable to get nan blaze nether power wrong astir 45 minutes.

The building’s residents had each escaped safely earlier firefighters arrived astatine nan scene, and nary 1 was injured successful nan incident.

Emergency societal services unit are helping displaced residents find location to stay, nan metropolis said, while those who are capable to return later Wednesday will person to hold until nan building is afloat ventilated.

No harm estimates are available, and nan origin of nan occurrence remains nether investigation.