Damage exceeds $1M after blaze guts north London home
By Norman De Bono | the London Free Press
Firefighters battled a blaze on Carnforth Road in London on Saturday, April 25, 2026. Photo: London Fire Department
Damage was estimated at more than $1 million after fire gutted a north-end home, officials with the London Fire Department said on Sunday.
Fire crews were called to the home on Carnforth Road at about 5 p.m. on Saturday to find the empty house ablaze, platoon Chief Gary Mosburger said.
“The residents left about an hour before, they were very lucky. They came home to find their home was pretty destroyed,” Mosburger said. “We’re looking at $1 million-plus in damages. It’s a write-off. It was a well-built home.”
Carnforth is a residential street in a subdivision that’s located southwest of the intersection of Fanshawe Park Road and Richmond Street in north London.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined but it started in the living room, Mosburger added. It is not considered suspicious. The investigation was continuing as of Sunday.
The fire department had four engines, an aerial truck and a heavy rescue truck at the scene, Mosburger said. “We carried out an offensive fire attack to make sure no one was inside.”
Active Incident - Carnforth Rd. - Structure Fire Residential. Crews are on scene of a structure fire with fire and smoke visible upon approach. Engine 8 on scene first stretching a hose line for search rescue and fire control in the offensive strategy. @CityofLdnOnt #ldnont pic.twitter.com/YOZPGPK5No
— London Fire Department (@LdnOntFire) April 25, 2026
