2 homes damaged by fire in south Lethbridge

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. -

A house fire broke out in the Coulee Creek S. area around 6:20 a.m. Tuesday.

Crews from three stations responded to the call to find a two-storey home ablaze. A neighbouring house directly to the east was also impacted.

“No injuries have been reported and the estimated damage is $420,000,” according to a release from the Lethbridge Fire Department.

“Who knows what they lost, I’m pretty sure a lot, with the water going in there and all the damage. Hopefully we can come together in the community and see what they need and maybe make donations to help them out, but I’m sure Lethbridge and community will help where needed for sure,” said Erika Brees, who lives along Coulee Creek Lane.

“My husband and I are up early every morning and having our morning coffee just like every day, I heard a sound outside and was like ‘what is that?’ We kind of heard a loud boom or a loud noise and then screaming and so I looked out our window and I just saw the flames coming up and yelled at my husband to call 911,” said Brees.

“We just came outside to see what we could do to help, we knocked on the neighbour's doors to try and get them out because we really didn’t know what the fire was going to do with the wind,” said Brees.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.