Dog dead, 12 people displaced after fire destroys 2 townhomes in southeast Calgary
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A dozen people have been displaced from their residences after a massive fire ripped through several townhomes in the southeast Calgary community of Seton on Saturday night.
A dozen people have been displaced from their residences after a massive fire ripped through several townhomes in the southeast Calgary community of Seton on Saturday night.
Crews with Calgary fire were called shortly before 9:30 p.m. for reports of a structure fire in the 200 block of Union Avenue Southeast, where three townhomes were engulfed by flames.
While they were en route, a second alarm was called in for support.
The on-call battalion chief has confirmed that no one was injured in the fire but did say someone was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation by Calgary EMS. Two of the homes were destroyed.
Rylan Wheeler was at home when he heard his fire alarm go off around 9:15 p.m.
“I heard a bunch of ringing on my doorbell and knocking and … left my room and saw that the other end of my house was already up in flames. I ran out,” Wheeler said.
Reynan Mendoza also lives on Union Avenue, a few houses down from where the fire was. He was lying in bed when his son alerted him to the fire down the street.
“Me and my wife gathered all documents and, like, important things,” Mendoza said.
The agency says more than 22,000 people have been removed from the country in the last 12 months, and nearly 30,000 removals were "in progress" as of Oct. 31.
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