Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that extensively damaged an Eastern Passage home on Tuesday.
Halifax regional fire and emergency spokesman Dave Meldrum said they were called to 709 Cow Bay Rd. just after noon and found heavy flames in both the basement and on the main floor of the single-family house.
“The good news is there was no one inside the house ‘ no one was injured,” he said. “It was a hot fire, but firefighters did good work. They knocked it down quickly and cut a hole in the roof for ventilation purposes.”
Meldrum didn’t have a cause for the blaze, with fire investigators on scene by early afternoon.
Eric Warwick, who lives next door, said he didn’t realize anything was wrong when he stepped outside of his house on Tuesday with his dog, but then smelt smoke and heard a dog barking.
It was soon after that firefighters arrived, he said.
“The firefighters showed up and broke the door down and then there was smoke everywhere,” he said. “Flames were coming out of the windows and front door.”
Warwick said he believes the homeowner was in his backyard cutting wood when the fire started and only learned of the blaze when firefighters arrived.