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Man rescued from house fire in Winnipeg's North End

A man was rescued by firefighters, who carried him from the second floor of a smoke-filled home Wednesday morning.
Emergency crews were called to a two-storey rooming house on Manitoba Avenue just after 4 a.m. and found a man inside the smoke-filled building. (Meaghan Ketcheson/CBC)

A man was rescued by firefighters, who carried him from the second floor ofa smoke-filled homeWednesday morning.

Crews were called to the two-storeyrooming house on Manitoba Avenuejust after 4 a.m. and most of the residents got out of the building safely.

But during a search inside, firefighters found the man in asuite, unable to get out on his own.

He was carried down the stairs and sent tohospital for smoke inhalation, fire officials said, adding heis listed in stable condition

No other injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is still being determined but officials believe it started in the second level of the house, which had four suites in it.