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Windsor

Vacant House Fire Deemed Arson

Fire officials are investigating after a vacant home was deliberately set ablaze in Windsor.

The Windsor Fire and Rescue Service says on Monday just before 9pm, firefighters responded to the house at 856 Mill St., to find the home full engulfed.

No one was injured during the blaze and damage is pegged at around $60,000.

Fire officials have not released the cause of the blaze, but it is believed to have been arson.

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