Fire crews extinguish shed fire at northwest Calgary home
The Calgary Fire Department is investigating a fire in a shed outside a northwest home on Monday, April 22, 2024.
No one was injured after a shed fire at a home in northwest Calgary on Monday night.
At 9 p.m., crews were called to a home on 73 Street N.W.
A man living at the home had called 911 after he heard a noise and saw fire inside a shed in the backyard.
Firefighters managed to contain the blaze to the shed.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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