Missing tenant from St. Catharines fire is ‘safe and sound,’ police say

Bullet News

ST. CATHARINES – A tenant who couldn’t be accounted for after a fire ripped through a cluster of commercial buildings and apartments in St. Catharines Monday evening has been located.

Niagara Regional Police spokesman Paul Day tells Bullet News this morning that the 37-year-old man has been located and is “safe and sound.”

Fire broke out at the complex, located at 55 North St. and 99 1/2 Geneva Street shortly before 9:20 p.m.

A section of Geneva Street and North Street just south of Welland Avenue was closed to traffic for several hours while firefighters battled to bring the blaze, which consumed a large portion of the building, under control.

The investigation into the cause and circumstances surrounding this fire will be continued by the St. Catharines Fire Services, the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office and St. Catharines Fire Department.

The fire is being treated as suspicious at this point.

On Wednesday morning, police remained on scene providing security.

An official damage estimate has yet to be released.

jrobbins@bulletnewsniagara.ca

 

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John Robbins

John Robbins, an award-winning multimedia journalist, joined Bullet News as a staff writer in January. The veteran reporter worked in Niagara and Fort Erie for more than a decade, using his investigative skills in a wide range of beats, including local politics, health/environment, education, business and tourism. His writing has earned him six Ontario Newspaper Awards Robbins, born and raised in Niagara Falls, studied at Emmanuel Bible College and Brock University before graduating from the Journalism-Print program at Niagara College, where he earned several scholarships and awards. During his 11 years as a reporter at the Niagara Falls Review, Robbins, who was Fort Erie bureau chief from 2002-2006, was instrumental in bringing video and e-reporting skills into daily practice at the newspaper and helped build its web and social media audiences. In 2009, Robbins received an appointment to journalism-print advisory committee at Niagara College. Robbins lives in Ridgeway with his wife, Susan, and their two adopted children.