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Smoking materials likely cause of early morning fire

THUNDER BAY -- Firefighters continue to investigate the cause of an early morning house fire on the city’s north side. Firefighters and emergency crews responded to reports of a back door on fire on South Empress Street at about 4:30 a.m.
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Damage from an early morning fire at 126 South Empress Sreet. (Kathleen Charlebois, tbnewswatch.com)

THUNDER BAY -- Firefighters continue to investigate the cause of an early morning house fire on the city’s north side.

Firefighters and emergency crews responded to reports of a back door on fire on South Empress Street at about 4:30 a.m.

No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.

While investigators are still looking into the cause of the fire, officials suspect smoking materials are to blame.



(CKPR Radio)





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