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Tsloum River Rd. fire damages building, leaves nobody injured

A fire yesterday morning on Tsolum River Rd heavily damaged a building but no one was injured. 

Crews from Oyster River, Courtenay, Cumberland, and Comox Fire Departments responded to the scene just after 10:00 a.m. Wednesday. 

Oyster River Fire Rescue Chief Bruce Green said the building damaged was a shop that was 40 feet by 120 feet. 

Despite the building having suffered serious damage, Green said the fire is not believed to be suspicious. 

“Currently right now we are putting it down as not suspicious but until we are completely done here, we are starting an investigation, we have a good idea where and why it started but we have to complete our investigation before we can comment on that.” 

The owner of the shop was on the property at the time of the fire but not inside the building. 

Crews from all fire departments were called to help bring in more water to the remote area and were successful in preventing it from spreading into nearby trees. 

BCEHS, BC Hydro, and the Comox Valley RCMP were also on-site providing support during the fire. 

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