Air Ronge house declared a total loss after weekend fire
A house in Air Ronge that caught on fire Oct. 9 has been declared a total loss.
La Ronge Regional Fire Department Chief Keaton Cloud was patrolling the neighbourhood on Saturday when he noticed the flames and called dispatch at 8:44 p.m. Firefighters arrived 10 minutes later and were on the scene for three hours.
Cloud explained nobody was injured during the incident, noting the fire remains under investigation but is not considered suspicious.
“Once a fire makes its way into the attic, it takes only minutes for the entire roof structure to become fully involved because there is no drywall protecting the trusses,” he said. “Once firefighters arrived on scene, the roof structure was already beginning to fail so, as a safety precaution, firefighters will not enter a structure if there is a threat of collapse.”
