Calgary fire crews extinguish SW house fire

FILE - A Calgary Fire Department truck on 17 Avenue SW in Calgary on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Alejandro Melgar, CityNews image).

By CityNews Staff

Posted Dec 21, 2024 11:28 am.

Crews with the Calgary Fire Department extinguished a blaze inside a home in the city’s southwest early Saturday.

Bruce Barrn with the CFD says a call came in after 8:30 a.m. for a house fire at the 800 block of 67 Avenue SW.

Upon arrival, crews found smoke coming from inside a single-family home.

After getting inside and quickly dispatching the blaze, firefighters found nobody inside.

The cause is under investigation as crews remain on scene checking for hotspots.

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