Workers cleaning up a fire at a building on Richmond near King Street on August 31st, 2022 (Craig needles/Blackburn Media)Workers cleaning up a fire at a building on Richmond near King Street on August 31st, 2022 (Craig needles/Blackburn Media)
London

$60K fire at downtown office building suspicious: police

London police and fire officials are investigating a suspicious blaze at a downtown office building.

Emergency crews were called to the fire at the rear of 383 Richmond Street at King Street around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze and no one was hurt.

Damage is estimated at approximately $60,000.

"The fire was deemed to be suspicious in nature and the investigation was assigned to members of the police street crime unit, with the assistance of the London Fire Department," police said.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information about the fire is asked to call police at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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