Flames started shooting out of the roof of the Surplus Direct store, on Main Street, north of Jarvis Avenue, shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday. Fifteen homes on Austin Street North were evacuated by emergency crews as a precaution, as was a three-storey apartment building on Main Street. © Pat Kaniuga/CBC Flames were shooting out of the Surplus Direct store on Main Street, north of Jarvis Avenue, early Saturday morning. Northbound traffic on Main Street is shut down between Higgins and Euclid avenues, while southbound traffic is blocked between Dufferin and Sutherland avenues. © Gary Solilak/CBC Scott Wilkinson, Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service assistant chief, said Saturday that the three buildings are a total loss.
