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Fire knocked down at former London, Ont. psychiatric hospital

Fire officials tweeted about the blaze on Highbury Avenue shortly after 6 p.m. They say the structure was heavily burned and the roof had fallen. London Fire Department/Twitter

A former psychiatric hospital in London, Ont., went up in flames Saturday.

Fire officials tweeted about the blaze on Highbury Avenue shortly after 6 p.m.

They say the structure was heavily burned and the roof had fallen.

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They’ve requested an excavator to pull apart the remaining burning material.

The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.

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