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Emergency services were called to the Fischer-Hallman Road and Westmount Road area Monday afternoon.
In an email to CTV News at 1:56 p.m., police said they don't have any information about injuries at this point in the investigation.
CTV News has reached out to the Kitchener Fire Department.
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