Major crimes investigating man’s death in house fire

Four people were taken to hospital – one in critical condition – following a Saturday house fire in Transcona.

An 18-year-old man has died following a house fire in Winnipeg’s Transcona neighbourhood over the weekend.

Four people were taken to hospital following the fire Saturday morning in the 200 block of Yale Avenue West at 7:35 a.m.

At the time, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said one of the people hospitalized needed to be rescued from the home and was in critical condition. The other three were hospitalized in stable condition.

The major crimes unit is now investigating the death, and no charges have been laid.

-With files from CTV’s Harrison Shin