There were two house fires in Algonquin Highlands last week, with one
home destroyed in a blaze on Boshkung Lake’s Echo Bay in the early
morning hours of Thursday, July 30.

Fire chief Johnathan Wilker confirmed that Algonquin Highlands Fire Services got the call for that fire at 2:30 a.m., responding from the fire station in Stanhope. When firefighters arrived, the structure was fully involved, and firefighters used multiple hoses to extinguish the blaze. No one was home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries. The cause is under investigation.

A few days prior, at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 26, Algonquin Highlands Fire Services received a call for an activated smoke alarm on St. Peters Road. Responding from the Stanhope station, firefighters arrived to discover smoke coming from the second floor of the single-family home. “Firefighters advanced a charged line to the second floor and extinguish a fire contained to one bedroom,” Wilker said in an email. “Mutual aid was activated and fire crews from the Dysart fire department assisted with fire suppression.”  No one was home and there were no injuries. The cause of that fire is also under investigation.