Big crowds take in Petrolia’s Canada Day finale
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Firefighters from Brooke Fire Service were joined by others from Watford and Glencoe to fight a house fire on Old Airport Road near Alvinston Jan. 2, 2026.
Home in a bush near Alvinston damaged by fire
January 2, 2026
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Few details are available about a fire outside of Alvinston.
Firefighters from Alvinston, Watford and Glencoe were called to a house fire in Southwest Middlesex on Old Airport Road Friday afternoon before 4 pm Friday. A home, well off the road and surrounded by trees, was on fire.
No flames were visible however white smoke rose from behind the pine trees. Firefighters could be seen making a hole in the roof at the back of the home near a aluminum chimney.
Details of whether the owners of the home were inside at the time were not immediately available.
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