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Fire crews put down 2-alarm blaze at empty Surrey home

Police and fire crews blocked off 160th Street in both directions on Sunday afternoon due to a structure fire. Global News

Fire crews were called to extinguish a two-alarm blaze at an empty house in Surrey on Sunday.

Acting Battalion Chief Dan McIntosh said crews were called to a property at the corner of 160th Street and 103 Avenue around 1:50 p.m.

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McIntosh said the fire was in a 1,000 square-foot addition to the empty home, and crews were able isolate it there and protect the original structure.

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He said no one was home at the time and no one was hurt.

It’s too early to say how the fire started, McIntosh said, noting that a fire investigator had yet to visit the scene.

“It is a vacant house, that’s always is suspicious when we have a fire in a vacant house, but without fire investigators we really can’t say,” he said.

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