The Calgary Fire Department responded to an explosion and fire at a six-plex in the city’s southeast on Thursday afternoon.
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The fire department received multiple calls to the community of Mahogany around 3:15 p.m.
CFD says the calls were to 167 Mahogany Gardens S.E., and crews arrived to flames and smoke, and one unit collapsed.
Witnesses say multiple townhouses were on fire.
EMS says it was also called around 3:15 p.m. to the 200 block of Mahogany Gardens S.E. for reports of a building explosion.
The fire department and residents say the townhouses are new, with some lived in and some for rent.
“The one right next to it, you can see people are actively living there. But the one with the door open, people just moved in there …