Calgary fire work on hotspots at 2-alarm Aspen Woods blaze
David Bell | CBC News | Posted: April 4, 2016 3:23 AM | Last Updated: April 4, 2016
House under construction completely destroyed, another home badly damaged
A southwest Calgary fire destroyed one home and left a second badly damaged Sunday evening.
Fire officials say they responded to a call at about 6:40 p.m. to the 100-block of Aspen Ridge Heights S.W.
Before the first crew even arrived, they called for a second crew based on the visible fire and smoke.
One home — under construction and unoccupied — was completely destroyed.
The flames leapt to the home next door, where extensive damaged was caused to the roof and second level. That home was occupied at the time, but residents self-evacuated and there are no reported injuries, fire officials say.
The flames were mostly out with firefighters working to manage hotspots by late Sunday evening.
Calgary firefighters have been busy this weekend with another two-alarm fire in Monterey Park on Friday and a four-plex fire in the city's southeast Saturday morning. Those two fires have left almost 30 people homeless.