Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal is investigating after a fire tore through a boarded up house in Peterborough on Wednesday evening.
Around 7 p.m., Peterborough Fire Services crews were called to a structure fire on Stewart Street. They found smoke billowing from a boarded-up home at the corner of Stewart and Dalhousie streets.
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Area roads were closed off while crews battled the blaze, which included the use of the service’s aerial ladder truck.
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Fire officials taped off the scene, while Peterborough police blocked several streets in the area.
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The OFM arrived at the scene on Thursday morning to begin its investigation into the cause of the fire.
— more to come
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