{"id":290013,"date":"2025-10-09T19:31:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/290013\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:31:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:31:18","slug":"photos-house-fire-in-quinte-west-queen-street-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/290013\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: House fire in Quinte West, Queen Street closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/queen-st-fire-2.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"PHOTOS: House fire in Quinte West, Queen Street closed\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Fire crews battling a stubborn fire in Trenton Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Quinte West Fire Chief John Whelan says they responded to 43 Queen Street, between Dundas Street West and Creswell Drive, around 10:45 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/queen-st-fire-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Fire was discovered in the basement and on the first floor of the home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1977\/files\/2025\/10\/whelan-1.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1977\/files\/2025\/10\/whelan-1.wav<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOur crews on scene did initial attack. We did a primary search to make sure everybody was out. Unfortunately there\u2019s\u00a0 a couple of dogs in there that we couldn\u2019t get out. Everybody\u2019s accounted for. It got out of control \u2013 I had to call everybody out and call in a defensive attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Belleville Fire was then called in to provide support with an aerial truck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/queen-st-fire-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"  \/>Whelan says fires in older homes like these can be very difficult.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1977\/files\/2025\/10\/whelan-2.wav\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1977\/files\/2025\/10\/whelan-2.wav<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s well over a hundred years old. Six units in it. We just despise this kind of fire. We call it balloon construction.\u00a0 Insulation and newspapers in the walls for insulation so it spreads very rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One person suffered from smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n<p>Victim services is providing aid to those displaced.<\/p>\n<p>There is no official estimate of damage yet but Whelan says it is significant and the Ontario Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate the cause.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Queen Street from Wilkins Street to Creswell Drive is closed to traffic until further notice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quintenews.com\/image000000-34\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image000000-2-1024x1008.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1008\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quintenews.com\/image000000-35\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-368107\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image000000-3-1024x953.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"953\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Fire crews battling a stubborn fire in Trenton Thursday. 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