Fire crews snuff out blazes in 2 West End homes

Fire crews called to battle a West End house fire Wednesday night had to shift focus when they noticed smoke coming from another nearby home.

A 2-storey home on Spence Street went up in flames just after10 p.m. and sustained major damage.

About 25 minutes later whilefirefighters were still at the scene, they noticed smoke billowing up from another 2-storey home about a block away on Young Street. The home turned out to be abandoned.

No one was hurt in either fire.

Each fire is under investigation.