Dog dies in Nairn Avenue house fire

A dog was killed in a house fire on Nairn Avenue on Thursday morning.

Fire crews were sent to the one-and-a-half-storey home on the 300 block of Nairn Avenue at 7:13 a.m. Crews fought the fire from inside the home and declared the situation under control an hour later.

“Preliminary observations suggest the fire was accidental, caused by a malfunctioning clothes dryer,” the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in a news release.

Later, at 10:35 a.m., crews were sent to a single-storey house on the 600 block of Grierson Avenue. The fire was declared under control at 10:58 a.m.

Residents of the home got out safely before crews arrived at the scene.

The fire appears to have been caused by an electrical malfunction, the WFPS said.