A man and his dog escaped injury in an early morning house fire on Water Street in Loggieville yesterday.
The bungalow was a smoldering ruin as Miramichi Fire Department investigator Randy Mactavish walked around the basement in search of clues as to what caused the fire.
His boots sank past the ankle in the deep layer of ash when he moved around the exposed basement.
Miramichi police Cst. Scott Smith was also on scene, and said the homeowner and his dog were the only ones in the house at the time of the fire. "They all go out safe."
A line of bent metal support posts, a few blackened kitchen stoves, twisted strips of metal and a pile of bricks were all that was left in the basement after the fire destroyed the upper floor and everything in it.
Charred metal and the remains of what looked like a go-cart lay scattered around the attached carport.
Miramichi fire department Platoon Chief Les Lewis said they received the call around 4:30-5 a.m.
Six trucks and about 20 firefighters from two stations responded to the call, he said.
"That's just support staff and everything."
The fire didn't spread far, with cedar shrubs still green along the collapsed brick wall at the front of the house.
Along the back of the house, a pool cover melted and sank into the water, but the pool house still stood with a blackened wall as the only signs of damage to it.
Part of the back wall of the house leaned against a shrub with holes melted through the siding.
Lewis said firefighters spent about four hours at the scene, but they weren't able to save the house. "She was too far gone when we got there."
When firefighters arrived on the scene, the fire had spread too far, he said.
"The house was pretty well fully involved when we got there."
Lewis said they don't know what caused the fire yet, but investigators were at the scene yesterday morning.
"It's under investigation now."
None of the responders were injured in the fire and Lewis said that's what they hope for with every call.
"It went good that way."
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