Kitchener house fire 'considered suspicious', one man suffers serious injuries

The Kitchener Fire Service and Waterloo Regional Police at the scene of a house fire in Kitchener on August 16, 2024. (Dan Lauckner/CTV News)

Waterloo Regional Police say a house fire in Kitchener that left one person seriously hurt is now considered suspicious.

Emergency services were called at 8:55 a.m. Friday to Birch Avenue and Union Street to put out the flames.

According to police, two residents were inside the home at the time of the fire.

“A 60-year-old was transported to an out-of-region hospital with serious injuries,” said Const. Chris Iden with the Waterloo Regional Police Service. “There was significant burns to the individual.”

Another resident, a 54-year-old man, was able to get out of the home safely.

The fire is considered suspicious.

The Kitchener Fire Service and Waterloo Regional Police at the scene of a house fire in Kitchener. (Dan Lauckner/CTV News)

Police said their Intimate Partner Violence and General Investigations Units are looking into the fire, as well as the Office of the Fire Marshal.

Iden couldn’t comment on why the Intimate Partner Violence Unit was brought into the investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 519-570-9777, ext. 6370.