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Winnipeg firefighters attack flames of burning North Point Douglas house on Sunday morning

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The smell of smoke is thick in Winnipeg’s North Point Douglas neighbourhood as firefighters battle the flames at a house fire Sunday morning.

Crews were called to the scene on Austin Street near Pritchard Avenue around 6:20 a.m. 

Heavy smoke and flames can be seen billowing from a house as a group of firefighters try to put out the fire.
Approximately 20 emergency vehicles are stationed at the scene of a rooming house fire on Austin Street in Winnipeg’s North Point Douglas neighbourhood on Sunday morning. Crews were called to the scene around 6:20 a.m. (Erin Brohman/CBC)

The smell of smoke is thick in Winnipeg’s North Point Douglas neighbourhood as firefighters battle the billowing flames at a house fire Sunday morning.

Crews were called to the scene on Austin Street between Selkirk and Lisgar Avenues around 6:20 a.m. 

A group of firefighters and up to 20 emergency vehicles, including an aerial ladder were on site to attack the flames shooting from the upper level of the building’s exterior.

CBC has reached out to the City for more details.

WATCH| Fire crews battle flames at Winnipeg rooming house:

Crews respond to rooming house fire on Austin Street

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Heavy smoke billows from the upper level of a rooming house on fire Sunday morning on Austin Street near Selkirk Avenue. Firefighters were called to the scene around 6:20 a.m.

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