TUESDAY MORNING UPDATE: The deputy chief says today that the incident will be put down as being of an undetermined cause. No one lived in the building.
The end of the workday Monday threw a detour at people trying to get home through downtown Timmins. A fire in an abandoned store had Third Ave. shut down between Balsam and Birch Sts. The space is the former Total Sportswear, next to Busch Jewellers.
Deputy Fire Chief Scott Atkinson says fast work by firefighters from stations in Timmins, Schumacher and Mountjoy kept flames from spreading. It was also a quick turnaround from fighting the fire to dousing hot spots and mopping up.
