City fire crews are investigating a blaze at a home in Byron.
Emergency officials were called out around 8 a.m. Monday to a two-storey single family home on Fairlane Crescent, off Byron Baseline Road.
Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Shaun Fitzgerald told 980 CFPL when they arrived on scene flames could be seen coming from the home’s front window.
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Crews have since been able to extinguish the blaze.
Bob Deschamps lives across the street with his wife, Pam.
“I was coming down the stairs, and I happened to look out the front window,” he told 980 CFPL.
“I noticed a big cloud coming from the house across to our place. I couldn’t see the house, but I thought it was just fog with the rainy weather.”
Deschamps heard the sirens, and said another neighbour heard what sounded like an explosion.
“It looked like the window had blown out,” he said. “You could see the flames in the living room.”
The Deschamps’ are now providing a temporary home for two dogs, Piper and Beau, who were found safe. No one else was home at the time.
Fire officials say the damage from the smoke and the flames is “quite extensive” throughout the home, but a dollar figure hasn’t been determined at this time.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation and Fitzgerald said the Ontario Fire Marshal has been notified.
Monday afternoon, London police reported that while the exact cause is not yet known the blaze is considered suspicious.
The street crime unit is investigating alongside the local fire department and the province’s fire marshal’s office.
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