Artists’ work reduced to ash after fire destroys shared Winnipeg studio

WINNIPEG — Some Winnipeg artists have lost nearly their entire life’s work in an aggressive fire that reduced a shared studio space to rubble and ash.

Performance artist Shawna Dempsey was one of 27 people who worked out of the three-storey warehouse that went up in flames early Monday.

Firefighters were called to the building about 1 a.m., but crews were pulled back when conditions deteriorated and the fire engulfed the structure.

There is no damage estimate or cause.