Now that it’s been extinguished, an investigation is getting underway into the cause of an early morning house fire in the Oxford and Wharncliffe Road area.
The blaze broke out at around 5:30 a.m. Thursday inside the multi-unit home on St. Andrew Street, across from Jeanne Sauve French Immersion Public School.
“We had a working fire,” said District Fire Chief Kirk Loveland.
“Fire was extending out the second floor window. Crews advanced in with a tact line to extinguish the fire. All of the occupants were evacuated and no one was injured. We contained the fire to the second storey.”
It’s believed six residents have been displaced by the fire.
Loveland notes the second floor of the home was not equipped with working smoke detectors.
“The occupants were not alerted by an alarm system,” said Loveland.
“On the first floor, there was not smoke, so we don’t know if there were, at this time, working smoke detectors. We are investigating. We’re going to check to see what type of protection should have been in place, and if it was working. It is being investigated by Police for criminal activity, and by fire for the cause of fire.”
Damage is estimated at $120,000.
