Fire in Westlake Drive apartment causes $100K damage

A fire in an apartment at a Westlake Drive complex has caused more than $100,000 damage according to early estimates.

No one was seriously hurt in the fire on Thursday afternoon, but the building was evacuated and a London Transit bus was brought in so tenants could stay warm.

Early reports indicate that an unattended stove caused the blaze.

Fire on Carey Crescent

A second fire on Thursday afternoon resulted in one man suffering injuries to his hand.

Firefighters were called to a house on Carey Crescent, off of Wharncliffe Road S., at about 2:30 p.m., and encountered thick smoke.

It took crews about 20 minutes to put out the blaze. There were no other injuries.

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  Fire crews and EMS respond to an apartment fire on Westlake Street in London, Ont. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (Bryan Bicknell / CTV London)

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  Fire crews respond to an apartment fire on Westlake Street in London, Ont. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (Bryan Bicknell / CTV London)

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  Firefighters attend a fire on Carey Crescent in south London, Ont. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. (Daryl Newcombe / CTV London)