NEW DETAILS/VIDEO: No injuries in Cardigan house fire

Firefighters from two Kings County fire departments are on the scene trying to save a house that caught fire earlier this afternoon along Route 4 near Cardigan.

Published on December 10, 2012; Published on December 10, 2012
Steve Sharratt

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Topics :: Montague , 48 Road , Launching Road

CARDIGAN - No one was injured as local firefighters here fought a stubborn blaze in an attempt to save a family home just outside the village limits.

The home of Wade Howatt caught fire sometime before 5 p.m. when his wife escaped with the children and called 911.

Cardigan firefighters arrived on the scene with Chief Dwayne MacIntyre. Central Kings fire department assisted.

Five trucks and 20 firefighters tried to quell the blaze that appeared to ignite somewhere at the kitchen end of the home near Myers Hill.

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Deputy Provincial fire marshal Robert Arsenault was on the scene but the blaze was still being fought at 6 p.m. when firefighters enlisted a chainsaw to cut through one end of the home.

Highway 4 was blocked off and traffic was re-routed through the village of Cardigan.

More to come, full details in The Guardian tomorrow.

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would if i could

- December 11, 2012 at 02:55:42

i was told I must have vehicle insurance and plenty of referrals to get insurance for my apartment.. i cant afford a car so what? i cant get rental insurance because i don't have a car??? doesnt seem right to me,, that info came from the insurance place in queen st by the new post office.

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- December 10, 2012 at 20:00:48

Thankfully every one made it outside the house. I hope no one was hurt.

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Justine Thyme

- December 10, 2012 at 18:59:22

Another family recovering from a house fire before Christmas, anytime of year is bad, Christmas is the worse. Things can be replaced, lives cannot, please remember to have working fire alarms, an escape plan and house insurance. It still boggles my mind, how many people I personally know, who do not have apartment or house insurance.

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