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The Canadian Champion, Tuesdav. December 12, 2006 - A3 CAL MILLAR / SPtOIAL TO THE CHAMPION UP IN SMOKE: Smoke bllows from a Hill Street borne Ibat caugbt fire Sunday nîqbt wbîle the residents were out of the country on vacation. About $100,000 damage was caused. Homne burns while family away By Stephanie Thiessen CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF A Milton family's vacation came t0 an abrupt end after they were notified iheir bouse bad caugbt ire Sunday nigbit. Cbief Larry Brassard of the Milton Fire Department said the bomeowners were out of' tbe countrv wben crcws rcsponded sbortly after 9 p.mi. 10 ibeir blaz- ing Hill Street borne in HawthborneVillage tocar (Clark Boulevard and F ioiib I uc. It svas a pretts ignificant ire,' Brassard saîd, explaining it bad been burning "for quite some lime" before the fîre department was notified. Not knowing if anyonc was inside, firefighters made an aggressive interior attack. "Crews met witb very higb becat and dense smoke,- be explaîned. -Tbey iook a beating wben tbey firsi went in because of the temperature. lortunatcls', nobodv was insîcle and ibcrc xsci-c no injuries. [be fircu .sîndur toini w'b about 10 p.m. It didn't spread t0 adjacent homes. Damage to the bouse is pcgged at about $ 100,000. At the beigbî of the lire, about 35 firefighters were on tbe scene, Brassard said. Altbougb uts not known wbat caused the blaze, it appears îo bave started in the kîtchen and spread t0 the sec- ond floor. Sîuphoîîiu Thissuuî i(anibu tua(i hu-clai s/isuinîîutaî dîll llitanîpîoli. Colit -4