Police investigating fire in Deroschers neighbourhood [Video]

Police say a fire in that tore through both occupied homes and unfinished homes in a southwest residential development early Wednesday morning is “suspicious.”

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Firefighters were still fighting visible flames at the Enclave Townhomes complex in the Desrochers community as of 8 a.m.

Fourteen fire trucks and three district fire chiefs were called to the scene.

Residents of the Landmark Homes development told CTV News Edmonton some townhomes as well as a multi-unit building, where they believe the fire started, were still being built.

The fire burned the multi-unit project and several townhomes to the ground.

When neighbour Ryan Armishaw woke to yelling around 4:30 a.m., he said he could see smoke billowing from the multi-unit building.

“Smoke was pouring out of it. A couple minutes later the top caught on fire,” he recalled.

“(I) went …