Fire in Fort Qu’Appelle damages two homes, forcing three families out

Two homes were destroyed in a fire in Fort Qu’Appelle on Tuesday.

The blaze forced three families out of their homes.

David Sabirsh, chief of the Fort Qu’Appelle Fire Department, said firefighters responded to a call about a house fire on Pasqua Avenue South in Fort Qu’Appelle shortly before 6 p.m.

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“When we arrived, flames were coming through the roof and through the picture window, and fire had spread to the neighboring house and the north wall of that house was on fire as well,” Sabirsh said.

Nobody was hurt, but Sabirsh said he was told that a bystander jumped into action to help make sure everyone got outside safely.

“He was gone before we arrived on scene, but yeah, we believe that someone went in to make sure that the houses were clear,” the fire chief said.

Sabirsh said it appears both homes were total losses after the fire, impacting three families.

“The first house is a rental property. There was a suite upstairs and a suite in the basement,” he said. “Both were occupied, and then the neighboring house had a single person living in it.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation.