Residents of two homes in northwest Calgary will be looking for a new place to live after a fire on Monday afternoon.
Calgary Fire Department public information officer, Alex Kwan, said crews were called out to reports of heavy smoke and flames coming from a home on Panamount Heights shortly after 2:45 p.m.
When firefighters arrived the blaze had already spread to a second home, so they were forced to call for more resources.
Calgary police officers were also called in to block off several streets in the area.
Kwan said an occupant of one house was on hand to meet firefighters and a quick search confirmed there was nobody else inside either of the two homes.
“Once our crews were able to do that and they got back outside, we set up a water tower,” said Kwan. “That’s a large supply off of a ladder truck to put heavy amounts of water into the attic areas to extinguish the fire that way.”
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CFD spoksperson Alex Kwan said initial reports were that the fire originated on the outside of one of the homes, but two fire investigators have been called in to help determine exactly where and how the fire started.
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While there was extensive damage visible to one of the homes, Kwan said crews were able to contain it mostly to the attic area of the second home.
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While one of the homes sustained extensive damage from the fire, firefighters were able to contain it mostly to the attic area of the second home.
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Luckily there were no reports of injuries.
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