LONDON, ONT. Fire crews were called to a blaze early Thursday morning at the Indigenous Medicine and Teaching Garden at South Branch Park in London. Around 7:30 a.m., a camp set up in the wooded area south of Dillabough Street near the Thames River was set on fire. A CTV News viewer says he witnessed two people starting the fire and then leaving by bike. The fire department was called in and was able to get the fire under control before it spread to the surrounding woodland area. Platoon chief Gary Mosburger tells CTV News there were a number of combustibles on site, but luckily no explosions or injuries.
Firefighters arrived to find the house “fully engulfed,” said platoon Chief Gary Mosburger.
“It will be a total loss fire,” he said. “The fire was basically too far (advanced) to initiate any type of interior attack.” London police say this fire, which destroyed a vacant home near Adelaide Street North and Windermere Road early Tuesday, is now considered suspicious. (Jonathan Juha/The London Free Press)
Crews used nearby hydrants to fight the blaze, forcing London police to close part of Adelaide Street Tuesday morning.
The fire was brought under control by 6:30 a.m., but firefighters could be seen hours later dousing hot spots. No one was hurt in the fire.