Three different fire departments north of Winnipeg spent the night putting out a large blaze.

The building is known as the old trading post in the R.M. of St. Clements by the highway junction of 59 and 317.

The fire department says it was a long building that connected a restaurant and a gas station. It had been abandoned for several years.

The fire department says the building is a loss. No word on what started the fire.