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Roofers set $400,000 fire By Ali Raza 9 | Stouffville Sun-Tribune | Thursday, June 23, 2016 aliraza@yrmg.com A home in rural Whitchurch-Stouffville suffered approximately $400,000 in damage in a fire Monday night. The two-storey home at 5288 Bethesda Rd. E. had flames shooting through the roof of the home, witnesses told The SunTribune. Smoke could be seen for several kilometres from the scene, just east of Hwy 48. "It looks like it's done some heavy damage," said Whitchurch-Stouffville Fire and Emergency Services Chief Rob McKenzie. "Looks like the house is probably pretty much a write-off." The house was under renovation at the time with contractors on-site doing work. The fire started when a contractor was trying to seal a roof membrane and accidently set fire to the roof. No injuries were reported. The contractor alerted a nanny who immediately evacuated the house with a baby. The homeowners were not home. The size and scale of the fire was particularly challenging for Whitchurch-Stouffville firefighters. "It's in an area of town where there's no fire hydrants," McKenzie said. "We had to shuttle water in from our tankers and ask for help under the mutual aid system." `Looks like the house is probably pretty much a write-off.' "We got tanker trucks from Markham, Richmond Hill and Central York (Aurora and Newmarket). It was a little bigger than we're normally used to," he added. The fire department has passed its damage assessment to the insurance company to determine whether the house will be repaired or torn down. STAFF PHOTO/STEVE SOMERVILLE In March, a repairman tried to put out a fire he accidentally started in a home at Fire caused extensive damage to a home being renovated on Bethesda Road Monday night. Blair Road and Dorman Drive in east-end Contractors were on-site doing work when the fire started, the fire chief said. Stouffville. 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NOTICE OF STUDY COMMENCEMENT WATER FOR BALLANTRAE - LONG-TERM WATER SUPPLY CLASS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT TOWN OF WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE York Region has initiated a Schedule `B' Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) study under the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment to better understand if the existing water supply and storage capacity in the Ballantrae-Musselman Lake area will meet the long-term water needs of the community. In addition, the Town of Whitchurch-Stouffville Official Plan Amendment No. 136 is currently under review for approval with The Regional Municipality of York (York Region). Servicing future population growth in the Ballantrae-Musselman Lake area contemplated by Amendment No. 136, may require an increase in water supply and storage capacity. The Study Area and Municipal Water Service Area for this project are shown to the right: Consultation with and input from the public and government review agencies will be a key component of the Class EA study. 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