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Four dogs perished and a man was injured in two separate Calgary house fires Sunday night.

At 8:05 p.m., fires crews were called to a duplex in the 3400 block of Doverthorn Road S.E., where fire had broken through the roof.

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While fighting both the interior and exterior fires, crew members forced their way into the kitchen to douse the flames there.

None of the home’s three residents was present during the blaze but a primary search found four dogs that had succumbed to smoke inhalation.

Neither residence in the duplex is currently habitable, said fire officials who are still investigating the cause of the blaze.

Then, at 9:35 p.m., fire crews went to an apartment block in the 200 block of 4 Avenue N.E. where they found a second-floor suite ablaze.

Firefighters used forcible entry to make their way into the suite where they quickly knocked down the blaze.

Nobody was in the suite at the time of the fire but one male was taken to hospital from the building, possibly suffering from smoke inhalation.

All the residents of the building’s 10 units had to leave their homes Sunday night as investigators worked to determine the cause of the fire.

BKaufmann@postmedia.com

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