| Last updated at 5:02 PM on 05/11/09 |
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Firefighters on the scene Tuesday night. Submitted photo |
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Fire deemed suspicious 
STEPHEN BRUN
The Journal Pioneer
SUMMERSIDE – The cause of a Tuesday night fire on Duke Street remains under investigation but is suspicious, according to the Summerside Fire Department.
Firefighters were called to the blaze at a storey-and-a-half building at 162 Duke St., Summerside, around 9 p.m.
Fire Chief Jim Peters said the home is unoccupied.
"The upper portion of the building received heavy damage and there was water damage throughout the rest of the house,” he noted.
“Station 1 responded with three pumpers and a ladder truck and we were there for about an hour fighting the fire.
"Right now, (the cause) is looking suspicious," said Peters.
Peters said officials from the provincial Fire Marshall's office, as well as Summerside Police Services, are on the scene investigating.
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