FORT FRANCES — A house in Fort Frances that collapsed while under renovation will have to be demolished.
The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon at a property at Crowe Avenue and Second Street.
The one-and-a-half storey home had been lifted onto cribbing to permit the replacement of the foundation and the construction of a full basement.
No one was reported injured.
The Fort Frances Fire Department reported the OPP used a drone to confirm no one had been caught beneath the building.
John Burrows, the chief building official for the Town of Fort Frances, confirmed Wednesday that an order has been issued for the house to be demolished because of the risk to public safety.
