PARRY SOUND, ON-Seguin and James St. are now open after an early downtown fire.
The fire at the Beatty Building in the downtown area was attended to by the Parry Sound Fire Department, and the local paramedic services confirmed that they were not called out to the scene.
The full extent of the fire has not been made clear as the fire department was not available to comment at this time.
More information will be made available at a later date.Â
UPDATE:
In an interview with Fire Chief Dave Thompson, it was confirmed that fire services responded to the call around 3:40 a.m. and had finished battling the blaze by around 11:00 a.m.
The fire was contained to the one level, but the smoke did spread out through the rest of the building, and the blaze resulted in about $600,000 in losses.
McDougal Fire Department, the Parry Sound Public Works Department and Hydro Once were also on the scene to offer their support in fighting the fire.
While the department has not been able to confirm how the fire started, Thompson noted that they had not found anything suspicious that could have led to someone purposefully start the fire.