Timmins_Police_Service_logo_updAt approximately 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, October 25, the Timmins Fire Department, along with Timmins Police Service and CDSSAB EMS responded to a structure fire on Grant St. in Schumacher.

Fortunately all residents were able to safety exit the multi-unit apartment building and no injuries were sustained as a result of the fire. Some units in the building did, however, sustain extensive water damage. The Canadian Red Cross was also on scene to assist residents who were living in the building at the time of the fire.

The fire has been deemed suspicious, and the investigation handed over to the Timmins Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Section.

Anyone having any information regarding this suspicious fire is asked to call the Timmins Police Service at 705-264-1201 or Crime Stoppers at 705-268-8477.