Crews fight fire in downtown Brantford

Crews battle fire at business in Brantford From CTV Kitchener's Natalie van Rooy: Firefighters are working to contain a fire that broke out at a business in Brantford.

KITCHENER — Firefighters are still on scene in Brantford on Wednesday morning, after a fire began in the downtown core on Tuesday evening.

Crews were called to King Street and Colborne Street at around 9 p.m. to reports of a fire.

In a tweet, Brantford Fire advised residents to avoid Colborne Street between Icomm Drive and Queen Street, as well as King Street between Colborne Street and Dalhousie Street.

Fire officials say that the flames were contained to one building, but that surrounding buildings suffered smoke damage.

Brantford Power also tweeted that there was a power outage as a result of the fire, but that power has since been restored for the majority of customers in the area.

There were no injuries reported as a result of the fire.

The cause of the fire is unclear at this time.

Road closures in the area are anticipated to remain in place until noon on Wednesday.