2 Alarm House Fire in Riverbend
On August 22nd, 2024, at approximately 1240 AM the Calgary Fire Department (CFD) received calls for a garage on fire in the 100 block of Riverglen Crescent in the southeast community of Riverbend. On approach, the first arriving fire crews observed a large fire that had moved from a detached garage to a house and was spreading to adjacent homes. Due to the size of the fire and the speed of fire spread a second alarm was called for the incident to increase the number of resources responding.
Once on scene, firefighters had to attack the fire that had spread to two homes and was beginning to impact a third. Crews were able to utilize multiple hose lines right away to begin slowing the spread of fire. Aerial apparatus were brought into the scene to apply large volumes of water to the main body of fire and quickly bring the blaze under control. Heat and flames from the original fire damaged property across the alley without causing spread beyond the exterior. While the fire was being attacked, crews entered all impacted buildings and cleared them of occupants.
Two of the impacted homes were occupied at the time of the fire and all occupants were able to evacuate. One of the exposed homes was unoccupied at the time of the fire. One cat was reported missing in the source home and firefighters were able to locate the cat and provide resuscitation efforts. Calgary Police transported the cat to emergency vet care in stable condition. Crews from ATCO and Enmax were utilized to isolate utilities and AHS crews were on standby.
The cause of the fire is currently being investigated by CFD and CPS Arson. Crews will remain on scene through the night to control hot spots and monitor the scene.
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