Fire causes $500,000 damage to houses on Assumption Street

Windsor fire crews were called out to a home fire at 839 Assumption St., just before 5 a.m. Monday morning.

It wasn’t long before the house next door at 835 Assumption also caught fire.

Damage is estimated at $500,000.

Fire officials describe both structures as multi-unit residential buildings.

Fire is said to have broken through the roof of one of the buildings.

As a precaution, residents of 839 Assumption were also asked to leave their homes.

Police are said to have closed Assumption Street off to traffic between Parent and Marentette Avenues.

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  Crews still on scene after a fire at two homes on Assumption Street in Windsor, Ont., March 2, 2015. (Michelle Maluske / CTV Windsor)

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  Crews battled fire at two homes on Assumption Street in Windsor, Ont., March 2, 2015. (Arms Bumanlag / AM800)