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Two charged after a fire at a vacant Victoria Street plant

The former tannery burned for six hours on Sunday. Police say the building had been entered through a delivery door.

By Chronicle Staff· Published August 24, 2026 ·1 min read

Two people face arson charges after Sunday's six-hour fire in the vacant tannery on Victoria Street, the third fire in the building in two years.

The building has been on the city's vacant-property registry since 2021 and on its demolition-by-neglect watchlist since March.

The owner, a numbered company, has not responded to the city's last four orders. The fire has now done part of what the orders asked.