Fire officials are reminding people to familiarize themselves with the open-air burning by-law, after crews responded to a house fire Wednesday morning on a property off Creamery Rd, just outside of the city.
Fire Prevention Officer Jack Burt said the fire department received a call at around 6:30 in the morning that someone on the property planned to destroy brush with a controlled burn.
But thick dark smoke prompted passers-by to dial 911.
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The emergency call came in at around 8:30 a.m., and fire crews were cautious of the potential for toxic fumes because the home hadn’t been fully cleared out.
He was unable to say whether the fire originated as a brush burn that spread to the partly demolished building, or whether there had been a miscommunication when the brush burn was originally reported.
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“I can confirm it was a house fire. I can’t confirm on the conversations that happened between the homeowner and any confusion that may have come out of that.”
Burt said there were safety concerns because of the property’s proximity to the London International Airport, and because of a neighbouring building and trees on the land.
No one was hurt, and the blaze has been put out.
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