Firefighters battle house fire in North Battleford
UPDATE: The North Battleford Fire Department finished putting out the house fire, and the area is now open to traffic again. The fire was contained to the one house where the fire originated, which was deemed a total loss. No adjacent structures were impacted.
Deputy Fire Chief Paul Perry told battlefordsNOW the family of eight residing at the house are now being assisted by the Canadian Red Cross.
There were no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire is still being determined. Perry said the fire department responded to the fire after receiving a call at about 7:30 a.m., Wednesday. The residents were all evacuated.
Perry said the fire started in the basement of the house. It wasn’t safe for firefighters to enter the structure, so they focused on extinguishing the blaze from the outside, while also protecting the two homes on either side, which were also evacuated.