WINNIPEG A grass fire that burned in a field Monday afternoon in Charleswood was close to burning some homes in the neighbourhood, according to one resident who witnessed the fire. At approximately 2:30 p.m., Jim Macgregor and his wife Christine noticed the blaze burning in the field behind his home on Charleswood Road and Rannock Avenue. “Our living room faces the field behind us, which is west of our house, and she noticed a lot of smoke, so we rushed outside just to see what was happening,” Jim said. “There were flames all about the field, and also flames into our yard, but not quite at our house.”
A large fire had caused the roof of a house to collapse on Rannock Avenue, Benowa, on Friday afternoon.
The blaze erupted at about 12.30pm on Friday, with three fire crews and paramedics called to the scene.
Four residents were initially unaccounted for but Queensland Fire and Emergency have since located them. It s believed a dog may also be missing.
Fire can be seen under the roof over the back balcony of the Rannock Avenue property
Neighbours could be seen trying to hose down their properties to protect them from the fire.
Video of the blaze shows the roof and back balcony of the house collapsing as it is engulfed by the fire.