Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal will assist in determining the cause of a fire at a vacant rooming house in Peterborough, Ont., on Tuesday night.
According to Peterborough Fire Service platoon chief Don Broersma, around 8:15 p.m., there were multiple calls regarding a structure fire on Water Street.
Crews found smoke billowing from a vacant, boarded-up rooming house, he said.
Broersma said crews performed a defensive attack from the exterior of the building.
“Multiple crews attacked the fire from all four sides as well as from above through aerial operations,” he said.
Water Street was closed to traffic between McDonnel and London streets as crews fought the blaze. The roadway reopened around 5 a.m. Wednesday.
Crews remained at the scene overnight dousing hot spots in the crevices of the attic area, he said.
Broersma says the Peterborough Police Service and the Office of the Fire Marshal have been called in to investigate the cause of the blaze.
Damage is estimated at $200,000, he said.
The same rooming house was damaged by a fire on March 31, 2019.
© 2024 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
