No one was hurt in a house fire on the weekend that destroyed a rural home in the Rural Municipality of Montcalm. Letellier fire crews received the call early Saturday morning.

The occupants of the home managed to escape the flames.

Altona/Rhineland Fire Department also responded to the mutual aid call, according to Fire Chief Greg Zimmerman "They required our tanker and some extra manpower which is how we assisted. It looks like the fire started in the garage and progressed to the house ... and very shortly it became totally involved."

The Altona/Rhineland Fire Department put its new water tanker into action for the first time, and Zimmerman said it functioned very well in the situation.