Thursday, May 27, 2010

Fire Damages House outside of Harvey Station

The Harvey Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire at a single family residence outside of Harvey Station yesterday.

The house suffered heavy smoke damage. No one was home at the time of the fire.

Firefighters were on the scene for approximately 3 hours and were assisted by firefighters from the McAdam Fire Department. There were 23 firefighters and 7 departmental vehicles attending to the scene. Highway 635 was closed for a short period of time and some area school buses were re-routed.

The fire is under investigation at this time by the Provincial Fire Marshal's office and the cause has not been determined at this time.