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Police investigating suspicious fire in West Perth

Police are looking to the public for help investigating a suspicious fire at a abandoned home in West Perth.

Just before 1:30 in the morning on August 21st, Perth County OPP and the West Perth Fire Department responded to fire at an abandoned residence on Road 164, just south of Mitchell.

The residence, which had been abandoned for a number of years, was completely engulfed in flames.

Perth County OPP says the estimated cost of the damage is $200,000 with no one injured in the blaze.

The Perth County OPP and the Perth County Major Crime Unit are being assisted by the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall during this investigation, which has now been classified as an arson.

Anyone with information on the fire is asked to call police or Crime Stoppers.

Casey Kenny
Casey Kenny
A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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