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House fire causes $100,000 in damage

July 27, 2008 Elisabeth Johns
The Hamilton Spectator
Firefighters battled a blaze that caused $100,000 in damage to a Brantford home Saturday afternoon.

The fire broke out in a bedroom of a two-storey family home on Dorchester Avenue around 3:30 p.m.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, flames could be seen coming out the window of the room at the back of the house.

Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the bedroom and extinguish the blaze within eight minutes.

There were no injuries since no one was home at the time. A cat was found in the residence.