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聽 聽 聽 聽 聽On Wednesday, April 8 the village of Manor was the scene of a three alarm fire.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The fire started in the garage of a mobile home owned by Tracey Nelson and located on the southwest corner of the village. The home was being rented by Shane Hirtle and Kendra Selby.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The fire posed a difficult task to the fire crews as they were contending with a 40 km west wind, with gusts up to 70 km per hour. The occupants were in the home and called in the alarm at 11:27 a.m. The Manor Fire Department was on scene shortly thereafter.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Containing the blaze proved to be very difficult and the Carlyle Fire Department was called almost immediately for backup, arriving on scene by 11:55 a.m.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The strong winds sent embers flying towards another home three lots east, resulting in a call to the Redvers Fire Department for additional backup.

The Manor Fire Department battled the original fire, while the Carlyle and Redvers Departments fought at the second location.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The heat from the original fire also caused damage to the home to the north, melting the siding. Firefighters were able to limit the damage to its exterior.聽

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The second location also proved to be very serious with the fire starting in the attic of that home. The embers likely entered the structure through the whirlybird roof vent. June Ariss, one of the occupants and who was home at the time, left the house to assess the situation that was unfolding down the street, was unaware that her place was also burning, as the heavy smoke seemed to appear to be coming from next door. She was soon approached by RCMP and asked to take the neighbour鈥檚 children dog and clear the area. It wasn鈥檛 until her husband, Darrell arrived, that they realized their home was also on fire.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The scene of the fire was attended to by 10 rescue units, over 30 firefighters, as well as members of the Carlyle RCMP and Supreme Ambulance personnel. No injuries or loss of life occurred, however both homes are likely a total loss.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 There will be an investigation to determine the exact cause of each of the fires and other homes in the area will be assessed for damages.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Manor Deputy Fire Chief Brayden Rowley had this to say, 鈥淲e can鈥檛 stress enough how thankful we are that we are surrounded by other great fire departments like Carlyle and Redvers. If we didn鈥檛 have them on Wednesday, I can easily say the outcome would have been much worse鈥�.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Deputy Carlyle Fire Chief Travis Van Meer added, 鈥淚 am really impressed how all the personnel handled it, keeping everyone safe and the way they all did their job. All the departments carry similar equipment, using same radios, training together really helped in this situation鈥�.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Manor Fire Dept. and Carlyle Fire Dept. had been training together for approximately six months, all on their own time and as volunteers.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Redvers Fire department was back in service at 4 p.m, Carlyle was in service at 5:29 p.m. and Manor at 5 p.m.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Darrell and June Ariss want all involved to know they are overwhelmed by the support and what an unbelievable job everyone did. Firefighters were able to save some of the Ariss鈥� belongings, including an antique table that had been in the family for generations.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Ariss鈥�, as well as Hirtle and Selby will be staying with family in the area.