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Fire breaks out in vacant house in Oliver

Structure fire on Earle Crescent required four fire trucks to extinguish
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Oliver Fire Department responded to a “fully involved” structure fire on Earle Crescent in the early morning hours on July 14. (Black Press file photo)

The Oliver Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Earle Crescent in the early morning hours on Sunday.

The fire broke out in a vacant house at about 2:37 a.m. on July 14, said Oliver fire chief Bob Graham.

Four fire trucks were on the scene to fight the “fully involved” structure fire, Graham said, which took about three and a half hours to fully extinguish.

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It is currently under investigation.

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Robin Grant
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