Three homes destroyed by fire in Cougar Ridge

Posted May 3, 2023 2:32 pm.
Last Updated May 4, 2023 10:24 am.
The Calgary Fire Department (CFD) says three homes have been destroyed by fire in the Cougar Ridge area in the city’s southwest.
They received calls at around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday for the fire on Cougartown Close.
A fourth home had minor heat damage to the siding.
Watch: Southwest Calgary fire destroys three homes

Four people escaped without injuries but two dogs are unaccounted for.
A total of six people have been displaced from the three homes.
Fire crews extinguished the blaze and are taking care of any remaining hotspots.

Fire crews on the scene of a fire in the southwest Cougar Ridge area in Calgary on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (Nick Blakeney, CityNews image)
Carol Henke, a spokesperson with CFD, tells CityNews they called a second alarm shortly after the response.
She adds they responded to one home on fire, with the fire from that one spreading to two other homes.
The fire is believed to have begun in the backyard of one of the homes.
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One caller to CityNews says because of the size, it could be spotted all across the city behind COP.
“There’s a massive fire — if you look up towards the ski jumps … something massive is happening,” he said from Bowness Park.
-With files from Chris Bowen