No injuries were reported after a home under construction went up in flames in Etobicoke overnight, just a week after another suspicious fire smoldered out at the home.

Fire crews responded to 226 Beta Street, in the area of Evans Avenue and Brown’s Line, at around 3:20 a.m.

“We were getting reports from our dispatch that the flames were 40 feet high. Upon my arrival we were closer to 60 feet high,” District Chief Chris Rowland told CP24 at the scene.

Homes around the fire were evacuated, with firefighters helping a 97-year-old woman from her home.

The flames were so intense that the heat could be felt from 100 feet away, Rowland said.

“We just had to fight a real hot, hot fire. The heat was so intense that most of the steel beams are all bent,” he said.

While the building was destroyed, no injuries were reported.

Home had seen suspicious fire just a week earlier

The home had been under renovation for some time and the owners were planning on moving in this winter.

Builder Robert Sherlock told CP24 that there was evidence of a suspicious fire at the home just a week ago last Wednesday.

“Apparently there was a fire up on the stairways and up through the centre of the building and for some reason it didn’t seem to take at that time,” Sherlock said.

He said after that, he and the owner took precautions to try and prevent any further incidents.

“We locked it all up. We made sure all the windows and doors were fully in the building and put in an alarm system and a camera system in the building,” he said.

He said the owner went by the home to check on it at around midnight last night, just hours before the blaze broke out.

Sherlock said the home, constructed in the 1950’s, had undergone nearly a full rebuild, including the addition of an extra storey. 

“He probably would have been in by Christmas because the wiring was all done, the plumbing was all done. All he had to do now was finish the insulation and then go right to drywall,” Sherlock said.

According to Rowland, there isn’t much left to build on now.

“It’s alligator wood from top to bottom,” he said.

Toronto Fire investigators are expected to attend the scene.