Fire damages Walnut Street apartment

Late on Tuesday afternoon, October 24, an Aylmer volunteer firefighter started an industrial fan to help clear the smoke from an apartment fire on Walnut Street. Aylmer’s three fire trucks left the fire hall shortly before 5:30 p.m. that day. The apartment that had caught on fire was the west most front unit at the building that also houses Driver Realty on the northwest corner of John Street North at Walnut. The women living in the unit that had caught on fire was safe but a family member said she was worried about her three birds, finches, and her belongings. No one was injured and the birds survived. Aylmer Fire Chief Sam Taylor said the likely cause of the fire was electrical. No damage estimate was available.