PUSLINCH – A household with six youngsters have been displaced from their Aberfoyle dwelling following a home fireplace that brought on heavy roof injury.
Puslinch fireplace chief Jamie MacNeil mentioned the division responded to a reported home fireplace on Wellington Highway 34 close to Brock Highway simply after 5:20 p.m. on Monday.
Crews discovered a heavy fireplace on the rear of the house however have been in a position to shortly knock the fireplace down.
“It was into the roof structure and just starting to hinge into the main kitchen, main body of the house when crews got the fire down,” MacNeil mentioned.
One teenage male was transported to hospital for minor smoke inhalation.
A household of eight lived on the dwelling and have been displaced attributable to heavy roof injury. The Crimson Cross was introduced in to help the household with short-term lodging.
The hearth is just not thought of suspicious however the trigger will probably be undetermined as MacNeil mentioned there are too many variables. He estimated injury to be between $100,000 and $150,000 relying on the extent of repairs wanted.
“My guess is at least bare minimum the roof is going to have to come off,” he mentioned.
MacNeil famous this household was alerted to the fireplace as a result of there have been working smoke detectors on the property, which was not the case at one other current fireplace the service attended.
Round 3:20 a.m. Sunday, MacNeil mentioned crews responded to a hearth at a house on Queen Avenue in Morriston attributable to unattended cooking.
There have been no working smoke alarms on the dwelling.
“From our standpoint it was a good thing a neighbour was up and saw the smoke and flames and called us right away,” he mentioned.
There have been no accidents reported from that fireside.
