London firefighters on scene of a house fire on Byron Avenue East, August 17, 2023. Photo provided by the London Fire Department. London firefighters on scene of a house fire on Byron Avenue East, August 17, 2023. Photo provided by the London Fire Department.
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$250K house fire in Old South under investigation

An overnight fire has left a home in Old South with extensive interior damage.

Residents discovered the blaze when they returned home to the single-storey house on Byron Avenue East, just east of Wharncliffe Road around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. They called firefighters who quickly arrived and extinguished the flames.

No injuries were reported.

Damage is estimated at $250,000, fire officials said.

Fire investigators, along with London police, will be on scene for much of the morning Thursday probing the cause and origin of the fire.

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