Developing: possible multiple alarm apartment fire in Winnipeg

[wickedplayer494]

[url]http://globalnews.ca/news/2077151/portage-avenue-fire-forces-ladder-rescue-of-elderly-winnipeg-man/[/url]

[quote=Global, almost 10 hours later]Firefighters used a ladder truck to rescue an elderly man from a St. James apartment block during a blaze Thursday night, a witness says.

Firefighters evacuated the Park West Apartments after they were called to fight a blaze in a seventh-floor suite at about 11 p.m.

Flames shot out of the back windows of the building at 2366 Portage Ave., a resident told Global News.

He saw firefighters use a ladder truck to remove a man in a wheelchair from his suite, said the witness, who didn’t give his name. He believes the elderly resident is 93 years old.[/quote]

The original updates can be found below:

1:05 AM: alright, things are looking like they're winding down. This marks the end of the real time updates. Will keep hunting for a source.

12:24 AM: still loads of crews on scene

12:10 AM: 2nd floor air quality appears good, 4th floor causing alarms however

12:07 AM: one unit is transporting people to hospital

12:06 AM: a woman was reported as having issues, rescue unit 5 is going up

12:04 AM: one of the units will be carrying out air quality checks

11:50 PM: [url=https://twitter.com/avaries/status/614294372364890112]@avaries: "tons of fire trucks outside. Evacing some residents via transit"[/url]

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11:44 PM: MIRV HAS ARRIVED

11:38 PM: a transit bus (used for emergency situations sometimes) will be adjacent to the MIRV

11:37 PM: MIRV WILL BE IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING

11:36 PM: some mobility issues were mentioned with a 3rd floor resident

11:35 PM: two (elderly?) people in a fire suite are on the balcony, contemplating between getting down through ladder or just walking them down

11:34 PM: another unit is arriving now

11:33 PM: one unit mentioned they found some people inside, they're walking them downstairs to the ambulance to get them examined

11:32 PM: as many as 20 people in the parking lot

11:28 PM: fire under control on 7th floor, heavy smoke on the upper floors

11:28 PM: heavy smoke being reported

[Karmah]

There were fires today in the province that even caused that terrible emergency alert system to start spewing unintelligible speech live on TV

[wickedplayer494]

[QUOTE=Karmah;48054554]There were fires today in the province that even caused that terrible emergency alert system to start spewing unintelligible speech live on TV[/QUOTE]

Oh for fuck's sake did they really activate AR just for fires? What is this shit.

[CommandoSanta]

I'm a volunteer firefighter myself. I hope for those guys safety. A fire is a scary thing in confined spaces. Flashover is enough to give nightmares.

[Karmah]

[QUOTE=wickedplayer494;48054561]Oh for fuck's sake did they really activate AR just for fires? What is this shit.[/QUOTE]

Something about forest fires iirc

[Zeke129]

Live update from the police helicopter: trim your pubes before getting a blowjob