1 person in critical condition after house fire on Pritchard Ave. in Winnipeg
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One person is in the hospital in critical condition following a house fire on Pritchard Avenue on Sunday.
One person is in the hospital in critical condition following a house fire on Pritchard Avenue on Sunday.
Around 1 a.m., the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service (WFPS) went to a bi-level house in the 700 block of Pritchard for reports of a house fire.
When crews arrived, they saw heavy smoke coming from the house.
Two people had self-evacuated but there was someone else trapped in the house, according to bystanders.
Crews began fighting the fire and, after searching, they found the person and carried them outside to waiting paramedics.
The person was then taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Additionally, crews rescued two cats from the home but, unfortunately, four more cats were found dead inside the home.
The fire was under control by 1:44 a.m. and preliminary observations suggest the fire was an accident caused by the improper disposal of smoking materials.