House fire at 520 Hazel Dell, Don Starkell injured

House fire at 520 Hazel Dell Ave. - one injured, originally uploaded by mdcellphoto.

Shot this video with my iPhone and we had it on the website before 11am (within two hours of the first call on the scanner):


Then we found out that the person who was injured in the fire was Don Starkell the famous author and paddler! He wrote Paddle to the Arctic and Paddle to the Amazon.

So, I had to upload my raw iPhone video files via FTP so that our video editor could put together a new video that included an update and some of the photos we have of him.


The story from the Winnipeg Free Press website says:

Starkell, 77, is an author and adventurer who built a 64-year legacy as one of North America's most respected paddlers. Starkell began canoeing as a teen and rose to fame through his books, Paddle to the Arctic and Paddle to the Amazon, which catalogued some of his epic river journeys.

Hope he makes it through this and is back on the water soon...