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2 people in hospital after house fire near Wolfville

Wolfville Fire Department Deputy Chief Chad Schrader says several fire departments with around 60 firefighters responded to the blaze early Monday.

Deputy fire chief says home on Newtonville Road was completely destroyed

The backs of several firefighters and paramedics are seen while they look on at a house on fire.
Fire crews work to extinguish a house fire that erupted on Newtonville Road in Kings County early Monday. (Submitted by Adrian Johnstone/The Valley Eye Photography)

Two people are in hospital after a house fire just outside Wolfville, N.S., Monday morning.

Wolfville Fire Department Deputy Chief Chad Schrader said emergency services were called to a two-storey home on Newtonville Road just after 7 a.m. AT.

He said several fire departments with about 60 firefighters were at the scene of the blaze.

"The home was completely destroyed," Schrader said.

"We actually had to get an excavator in to help us extinguish the remaining bits of the fire because they were in the centre of the structure, and we weren't able to put people in for safety reasons."

Schrader said the two people were the only ones inside and both were taken to hospital. He did not mention the seriousness of their injuries.

A white man wearing glasses in seen wearing a firefighting outfit and helmet.
Wolfville Fire Department Deputy Chief Chad Schrader says an excavator was called in to help extinguish the fire. (Submitted by Adrian Johnstone/The Valley Eye Photography)

Adrian Johnstone, a local photographer and volunteer firefighter for the Waterville Fire Department, was at the fire and said it was a "busy scene."

"There were lots of tankers because there was a heavy fire load when [crews] arrived," Johnstone said.

He added that the home had a metal roof, which traps heatand makes fighting the fire more difficult.

Schrader said aside from the home, a car in the yard was damaged. He said the fire was officially extinguished around 11:30 a.m.

The burned remained of a house are seen on the left of the image. A firetruck is on the right.
Several fire departments with about 60 firefighters worked for hours to extinguish the fire. (Submitted by Adrian Johnstone/The Valley Eye Photography)

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