Rescues at Winnipeg fire. Apartment building lost. 19 people hurt.
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Firefighters rescued residents who were stranded on the upper floors of a burning apartment building in Winnipeg early Saturday, finishing their rescues with only moments to spare before the entire structure was fully-engulfed.
"There were people hanging out windows when we showed up," said Bill Clark, the fire department's deputy chief of operations.
Nineteen people needed treatment in hospital following a fire in a Winnipeg apartment building early Saturday morning.
Fire officials said 14 had suffered smoke inhalation and one firefighter hurt his knee.
Four members of one family were also taken to hospital in unstable condition. However, their condition improved and by Saturday evening they had been released.
Fire crews had to use ladders to save several people from the Sherbrook Street building, located between Sargent and Ellice Avenues. Some tenants were forced to escape from their windows.
Firefighters rushed into the building in what officials are calling a spectacular rescue effort. "We were able to search the building in really bad conditions," said Bill Clark of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service.
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