House Fire on 8th Avenue NW

Calgary firefighters were called out at 8:30 this evening for a house fire on the 1900 block of 8th Avenue NW. Crews arrived to find dark black smoke inside a single story residence. Crews entered the home to find a fire in a bedroom on the main floor that they quickly extinguished. Two people in a suite in the basement had evacuated the home. No one was home in the area where the fire originated. Fire investigators are on scene to determine the cause of the fire. No injuries were reported.