Model home fire being treated as potentially suspicious

Toronto Fire says a blaze at a model home on Sunday night is being treated as potentially suspicious.

Fire crews responded to the scene on Weston Road and Dora Spencer Road at around 8:15 p.m. after multiple callers reported seeing flames shooting out of the home.

Platoon Chief Doug Harper said 11 trucks responded to the blaze and crews were met with “heavy fire”. The blaze was knocked down within the hour and no injuries were reported.

He added that after a preliminary investigation, they were unable to determine if anyone was inside the building when it caught fire.

“It’s not a building that’s normally inhabited, however we could have transients in here,” he said. “It’s still undetermined if somebody was living in there at this point.”

Toronto police as well as Fire Service investigators will be called in to isolate the cause of the blaze.

Weston Road is closed in both directions from Jane Street to Sidney Belsey Crescent for the investigation and clean-up.

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