No injuries in abandoned Avondale home fire
The Grande Prairie Fire Department says a fire broke out in an abandoned house on Tuesday morning near downtown. A vacant two-story home in the Avondale neighbourhood was found with flames coming from through the main floor window at approximately 9:30 a.m.
The fire department says reports indicated potential trespassers in the house, which prompted a search and confirmed nobody was inside at the time of the blaze. The fire department is glad to report there were no injuries during this fire.
Crews began on suppressing the fire, and flames spread to the upper levels of the home including the attic, and firefighters had to be removed from the inside of structure for safety.
The fire was then controlled from the outside, but firefighters struggled with multiple void spaces within the home, hampering their efforts.