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3 people taken to hospital after downtown Winnipeg apartment fire

Three people were taken to hospital in stable condition after a four-storey apartment building went on fire on Friday evening in downtown Winnipeg.

Firefighters extinguished a fire in 4-storey apartment building on Vaughan Street Friday evening

Close up of a fire truck, showing the logo for Winnipeg Fire Department
Firefighters were called Friday night to a fire at a four-storey apartment building on Vaughan Street in downtown Winnipeg where three people were treated for their injuries and taken to hospital. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC)

Three people were taken to hospital in stable condition after a fire in a four-storey apartment buildingon Friday evening in downtown Winnipeg.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a report of a fire in the 200 block of Vaughan Street, near Portage Avenue, at 6:50 p.m.

When they arrived, they evacuated residents who were still inside the apartment from the building,a Friday news release from the city said.

Other residents were able to get out before crews arrived.

Firefighters attacked the fire from inside the building and declared it under control by 7:16 p.m., the city said.

The cause of the fire remains unknown and no damage estimates are available.

Residents whose suites weren't damaged by the fire and smoke were able to return to their rooms,the city said.