Damage from Dollarama fire estimated at $2-million, but expected to climb
Posted Sep 16, 2015 12:22:05 PM.
Last Updated Sep 17, 2015 07:22:52 AM.
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The damage after a fire at Waterloo’s Parkdale Plaza has been estimated at $2-million.
Broken down, the Ontario Fire Marshal has confirmed that there has been $1-million in damage caused to the store, and the other $1-million is to the contents. But, the City of Waterloo says insurance officials are still going over the damage done to the other units so the damage total is expected to climb.
The blaze ripped through the plaza last Friday and took several hours for crews to contain. Very thick smoke covered the area of Albert and Bearinger Road after the fire, which broke out inside the Dollarama and quickly spread to other adjacent stores.
Criminal charges were later laid.
Waterloo Regional Police announced Sunday that a 14-year-old has been charged with arson in relation to the fire that broke out on Friday afternoon.
