A fireplace destroyed a house in southeast Calgary, and the residents have been rushed to hospital Sunday.
The Calgary Hearth Division (CFD) says crews responded to experiences of a construction hearth at round 8 a.m. at a rural property south of Freeway 22 X and east of 88 Avenue.
Firefighters discovered a single-family acreage with an connected storage upon arrival.
The CFD says crews labored to place out the blaze, saying it solely affected one construction.
4 individuals self-evacuated earlier than the fireplace division arrived. Firefighters say three of them have been taken to hospital for minor smoke inhalation, whereas one man was taken to hospital with critical burns.
They add all of them have been displaced.
Within the meantime, crews and a fireplace investigator will stay on the scene to make sure there isn’t any extension of the fireplace and guarantee it’s put out.
The blaze’s trigger is unknown and is being investigated right now.
“The Calgary Hearth Division wish to remind all residents of the significance of working smoke alarms and making certain that each one occupants have an escape plan within the occasion of a hearth or emergency,” a information launch reads.
