A close call for five Calgary kids after they were forced to escape a basement fire in the southwest.

Crews responded to calls of a duplex fire at Cyprus Villas where they discovered heavy smoke coming from basement windows.

The oldest of the five children, ranging in age from 2 to 12, noticed smoke and the kids were taken to a neighbours home where they called 911 and reported the fire.

No injuries occurred and the cause of the blaze is currently under investigation.