One person has died after a house fire in Calgary’s northwest Dalhousie neighbourhood.
The Calgary Fire Department said around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday they received calls about smoke coming from the basement of a home on Dalton Drive NW
Firefighters found one person in the basement in cardiac arrest. They began CPR on the unconscious person before transferring care of the person to EMS who were waiting outside.
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One man was transported to hospital in critical condition and another refused care.
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Calgary Police Service confirmed that the person taken to hospital had died. Currently, police officers are working to establish the identity and next of kin of the man.
“A fire doubles in size every 30 seconds so it doesn’t take long for smoke to build up, and we know that smoke from a host fire is incredibly toxic and just a few breaths will render you unable to save yourself,” The employee CFD Public Information Officer Carol Henke said.
“When the fire crews arrived, they didn’t hear any alarms going off either, so that will also be part of the investigation to see if this home actually had working smoke alarms.”
Henke said there was “significant damage” to the basement.
Firefighters will help determine the cause and origin of the fire.
Henke noted that four cats known to be in the house “did not make it” despite resuscitation efforts.
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Crews checked the entire house for hot spots and shut off utilities to the building.
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CFD is asking anyone with photos or videos of the fire to send them to piofire@calgary.ca.
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