A fire brigade received a 911 call after 6:30 on Saturday morning from a neighbor at a house on Battersea Road in the town of South Frontenac, north of Kingston, Ontario.
"I think the smoke detector was working and helped alert passers-by to the phone 911," said Darcy Knot, chief of the South Frontenac Township Fire Department. ..
About 30 firefighters fought the black smoke and flames visibly rising from their homes when the crew arrived at the scene.
"When the crew arrived, the house was completely caught and the roof was burning. A number of South Frontenak fire brigades and rescue teams were present at the scene, and the fire is now. It's controlled, "says Knot.
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Fire is declared a defensive operation And the crew extinguished the flames from expanding the property.
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Battersea Road is a vehicle traffic while the crew is working to extinguish the fire and subsequent hotspots. Was banned.
At the time of the fire, no one was at home. The structure and all its contents were a total loss.
The cause of the fire has been classified as accidental and no further information is available from the South Frontenac fire authorities.
The damage estimate is fixed at $ 250,000.
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