Fire at abandoned commercial business in Cambridge
Cambridge Fire and Waterloo Regional Police are investigating following a fire at an abandoned commercial business on Sunday night.
Cambridge Fire told CTV News they received the report of the fire at 11 Walnut Street near Ainslie Street South at 10 p.m. They were able to put out the fire in a couple of hours, mainly focusing on smoke ventilation.
No one was hurt.
Cambridge Fire told CTV News the fire was deemed criminal and police are investigating.
On Monday around 8 a.m. a Cambridge Fire vehicle and a City of Cambridge vehicle could be seen outside the abandoned 'Grand River Medicinal.'
Fire prevention remained on scene Monday as they looked for the source of the fire.
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