A house fire in northwest Calgary is under control and all the residents are accounted for after reports of smoke and fire on its roof.
The Calgary Fire Department was called to the house on Hampshire Grove N.W. just before 1 p.m. on Thursday.
When they arrived, fire and smoke were seen on the roof, CFD public information officer Carol Henke told Global News. A second engine was called in to support.
Crews entered the home and found no one was inside.
The house was apparently being renovated, and Henke said the roof’s terra cotta tiles caused the roof to collapse. Ahead of that collapse, firefighters pulled back into a defensive mode because of the structural danger.
The home’s occupants – an adult, three children and two dogs – have all been accounted for.