Fire causes $500,000 in damage to Keswick home

A Keswick house is a total loss after a fire early this morning, June 29, 2014. (Courtesy: Robert Rupert)

A home in Keswick is a write-off after a fire early this morning.

Three people had to be taken to hospital for smoke inhalation, but were otherwise unhurt.

The call came in around 3:30 a.m. and three fire stations responded with six trucks and 26 firefighters.

While the fire was under control within an hour, the cost of damage is estimated at about $500,000.

Two neighbouring homes also caught fire, and three homes on either side of the house where the fire started were evacuated.

It was one of four fires today. In Coldwater, a house caught fire, there was a fire at a Seguin Townhip hotel, and a house fire in Seguin Township left one woman dead and two other people badly injured.