Fire destroys home closed under SCAN act

A bungalow gutted by fire.
A bungalow gutted by fire.
This home on Upper Aboujagane Road is the third to be destroyed by fire since May 3 in the area. Photo: Erica Butler

Another fire has destroyed a home in Upper Sackville.

The Sackville Fire Department was called to the scene of a burning home at 2039 Upper Aboujagane Road (near the intersection with Pond Shore Road) at about 4:15am on Tuesday morning. The home was gutted by the fire, and the Red Cross says it is assisting two displaced adults with emergency lodging and financial aid to buy food, clothing and other basic needs.

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the RCMP and the provincial Fire Marshal’s Office, according to a release by the Red Cross. CHMA has reached out to the Sackville RCMP for more information.

This is the second time a fire has damaged the home at 2039 Upper Aboujagane Road. On May 13, a suspicious fire was set at the home, and someone was charged in relation to the incident.

It’s the third home destroyed by fire in the immediate area. A nearby home on Pond Shore Road owned by Brian and Marlene Doncaster was destroyed by a suspicious overnight fire on June 5, and is being investigated by the RCMP. And in early May, the house across from the Doncasters and neighbouring 2039 Upper Aboujagane was also destroyed by a fire which is under investigation by the RCMP.

COMMUNITY SAFETY ORDER CLOSED DOWN PROPERTY

2039 Upper Aboujagane was officially vacant at the time of the fire on Tuesday, after having been the object of a Community Safety Order issued on June 3, which ordered residents Carrie Trude and Colt Leblanc out of the house as of June 7, 2021.… Continue