One person taken to hospital after fire at Regina home on New Year’s Day

One person is in the hospital after a New Year’s Day house fire in Regina’s North Central neighbourhood.

Regina Fire & Protective Services said crews arrived to find flames coming from the home on Athol Street shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. One person was trapped inside, and firefighters had to remove them from the home.

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Paramedics treated the person at the scene before they were taken to hospital. There was no word on how badly the individual was hurt.

The fire department said a second home was also damaged in the blaze.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Gord Hewitt, Regina’s deputy fire chief, described the scene of the blaze.

“When they showed up, there was heavy fire and smoke coming from the one property. It had extended partially into the neighboring property, to the exposure on the south side,” he said.

“As they were doing their initial size up, they heard a noise from inside, made entry and found one occupant that they managed to rescue and pull out. They treated that occupant in the back alley, and they were eventually passed over to EMS for transport to the hospital.”

Hewitt said the fire caused “significant damage to the main fire property, as well as one of the exposure property,” but he noted that only the one person was hurt.

980 CJME asked Hewitt what kind of condition the person was in after the firefighters pulled them out of the burning home.

“I would say the injuries would be considered to be significant, but at the same time, without knowing the prognosis or the current state, that’s kind of all I can say right now,” the deputy fire chief explained.