On Sunday morning, November 18th, 2018, sometime around 10:40 am, Police responded to reports of a house fire on Princess Street in the township of Hatchet Bay. On their arrival, Police reported that they discovered a single story stone house fully engulfed in flames.
Neighbours at that time were attempting to control the flames, however, the fire rapidly destroyed the home, said Police. Volunteer fire services also responded, and were on scene assisting with extinguishing the home fire. Reports confirmed that no one was within the home at the time of the fire.
Police are currently investigating the cause of the blaze.
