A house fire in Cambridge is now being investigated by the Ontario Fire Marshal.
Crews were called to Pinetree Crescent, in the Preston Heights neighbourhood, around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Waterloo Regional Police said it was initially believed the fire was caused by a gas leak, so surrounding homes were evacuated as a precaution.
“All I heard was: ‘Boom!’” neighbour Annette Sandvold recalled. “Then I saw fire trucks coming in every direction, left and right.”
Enbridge and GrandBridge Energy were both at the Pinetree Crescent property on Thursday.
So far, the cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
“We look at all aspects and collect all the data we can within the investigation, whether it’s natural gas or smoking materials, cooking materials, things like that,” explained Russ Morningstar of the Ontario Fire Marshal’s office. “We collect all the data. We don’t jump to any conclusions and we only make …