A London firefighter clears the glass out of the front window of a vacant store at 394½ Richmond St. on Monday after an early morning fire cause an estimated $100,000 damage. A malfunctioning electrical sign is the suspected cause.
An electrical problem is suspected in a fire at 5 a.m. Monday above an empty store at 394½ Dundas Street, in London.
Deputy Fire Chief James Fitzgerald said the $100,000 fire began in the floor of the building’s second storey. He said the likely cause is a malfunction of an electrical sign affixed to the building. Damage from flames, smoke and water extended beyond the store to two upper-level apartments and to William Jewellers next door.
A firefighter exhausted by the head was treated at hospital and released, Fitzgerald said.
Source: London Free Press
