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Cause of three house blaze in Plympton-Wyoming not determined yet

November 22, 2021

Officials from the Plympton-Wyoming fire department and Ontario Fire Marshal’s office are trying to figure out what sparked a blaze which destroyed three waterfront homes in Plympton-Wyoming.

Forest firefighters were first on the scene to Forsyth Trail – off Hillsboro Road south of Townsend Line, Friday at 5am. One of the residents of the home called 9-1-1. By the time Forest fire arrived, the three homes were already “heavily involved” according to Plympton-Wyoming Fire Chief Darryl Thompson.

Plympton-Wyoming arrived on the scene shortly after Forest and Warwick volunteers were also called in. In all, there were about 40 firefighters on the scene to contain the blaze to the three homes at the end of the narrow road. Hydro and gas are called in to ensure existing services were isolated.

Thompson says the narrow road made it difficult to get the fire trucks in to fight the blaze and “the homes in the area are built fairly close together.”

He says the “crews were successful in ensuring houses in the area in close proximity to the fire were protected.”

Thompson credits on-going training to fact the three departments were able to work together in a difficult circumstance to contain the blaze.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, Thompson says. A damage estimate is not yet available.


 

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