The Chatham-Kent Fire Department logo. (Photo by Bob Becken)The Chatham-Kent Fire Department logo. (Photo by Bob Becken)
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Suspicious Fire Evacuates Building

Damage is pegged at $80,000 following a suspicious fire in Cedar Springs.

Emergency crews were called to 19316 Charing Cross Rd. around 2:30am.

Seven of the eight units in the building were occupied and evacuated as the fire department extinguished the blaze.

Fire officials say the fire was contained to a single unit.

The cause remains under investigation and the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal has been called in.

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