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UPDATE: House fire closes part of Highway 8 near Clinton

Updated at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 16

Members of the Huron OPP and the Central Huron Fire Department were called to the scene of a house fire  just east of Clinton late Tuesday afternoon.

The fire was on a section of Highway 8 between Wildlife Line and Front Road, which was closed just after 4 p.m.

The road remained closed until just before 1 a.m. Wednesday as an investigation was started.

No details of the investigation have been released at this time but Highway 8 between Wildlife Line and Front Road was reopened at 12:48 a.m.

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