Two people have been displaced and several businesses were damaged following an overnight fire at the corner of Wortley Road and Bruce Street early Thursday morning. No injuries were reported, though damage is estimated at more than $2 million.
Business owners in the heart of London’s Old South neighbourhood said they’d been up all night assessing the damage to their stores following an overnight fire that police are calling suspicious.
The London Fire Department was called to the corner of Wortley Road and Bruce Street at 12:30 a.m. ET, a block that has buildings dating back to 1886.
Firefighters were met with heavy smoke and flames, and platoon chief Brent Shea said it took two aerial rigs and eight crews to put out the fire.
Three businesses and the apartments above them were damaged by the fire.
“I got a call at 1 a.m. from a neighbour saying that the …