No injuries were reported after firefighters and emergency crews responded to a fire at the Turtle Jack’s on 22 Bay St.
Dave Thompson, Parry Sound’s Fire Chief, says the fire department was called to the location at about 11:45 AM.
“They had a fire in the kitchen. It was witnessed and was due to the deep fryer and they were unable to extinguish it on the inside. They evacuated the building, [the] fire department attended, and by that point it had spread to the upstairs apartments,” he says.
Thompson says crews were on scene for most of the day extinguishing the building.
“We had probably about 30 firefighters on scene. With McDougall fire department here fully, and then we also had a crew from Carling and a crew from Seguin. Parry Sound Public Works were on scene, as was Enbridge and Lakeland Power to disconnect services,” he says.
Thompson says the building is a complete loss with the damage estimated at approximately $1.2 million. He says the Ontario Fire Marshall’s office was contacted but will not be doing any investigation as the fire has been deemed not suspicious.
Thompson says the fire department will have people on scene overnight doing a fire watch to make sure there’s no rekindling of the fire before they come back in the morning and declare the fire out.