Ontario Community Newspapers

Oakville Beaver, 1 Oct 2015, p. 01

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Weather for Oakville, ON Thurs Fri Sat Sun 17° 7° 14° 7° 13° 9° 17° 11° Touring the new OTMH Page 3 Election signs vandalized Page 9 www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Thursday, October 1, 2015 | 48 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Suspicious re at vacant farmhouse on Bronte Road by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff The Oakville Fire Department is calling a re, which severely damaged a century-old home at 1470 Bronte Rd. Sunday evening, suspicious. Fire ghters were called to the two-storey Oakhurst Inglehart House around 6:45 p.m. after receiving The scene is being reports of smoke comheld for a formal ing from the structure. investigation today Flames soon broke (Monday). More through the vacant home's exterior, engulfimportantly, they are ing much of the roof. going to determine if A lack of re hydrants the structural integrity in the area hampered efis there to allow them forts to ght the blaze, to get in and do an which was extinguished inspection. about ve hours later. Deputy Fire Chief Brian Durdin Deputy Fire Chief Oakville Brian Durdin said the building is owned by the A two-storey, century-old home on Bronte Road, south of Upper Middle Road, was engulfed by re early Sunday evening. Oakville Fire and Halton police responded to Province of Ontario and the vacant home around 6:45 p.m. with smoke showing upon arrival of the rst crew. Within minutes, ames shot through the roof. Six trucks and 24 re ghters battled has been abandoned and boarded up for years. the stubborn blaze that took more than an hour to bring under control. The re has been deemed "suspicious" by the Oakville Fire Department. Investigation continues. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) see Fire on p.4 LEARN MORE. DO MORE. GIVE MORE. Oakville's 2015 is coming on October 6th. Request a copy here theocf.org/vitalsigns.

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