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Vol. 20, No. 40, Wednesday, July 9, 2025 www.LamontLeader.com
Suspicious house explosion in Lamont leaves young neighbour family homeless BY JANA SEMENIUK One young family in the town of Lamont was left homeless after their neighbour’s home exploded just after 1 a.m. on July 4. Community members captured the horrifying event on their doorbell cameras in addition to feeling their homes rocked by the explosion which destroyed two homes and damaged a third. “It shook the houses,” said one community member. “It wasn’t just a bang, it shook (our) entire houses.” According to community members, the house that exploded was the former home of three dogs who terrorized the town of Lamont last year, chasing residents and mauling other animals before mysteriously disappearing in Jan. of this year. Meanwhile, Lamont County Communications Director Jay Zaal confirmed that Lamont County Emergency Services were quickly on the scene after being dispatched at 1:05 a.m. “Stations 4, 2 and 5 (Lamont, Andrew, Bruderheim) responded,” Zaal said by email. “The fire had extended to a second home and residents were evacuated from that home. To our knowledge, no one was in the first building because it was under renovation. The first building was a complete loss and knocked down in about 2 hours.” RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said two homes A town of Lamont community member's home surveillance captured an explosion in the neighwere observed to be on fire once bourhood of 52 avenue and 55 street at 1 a.m. on July 4. The engulfed home was unoccupied at the time due to ongoing renovations. Photo: screenshot
Fort Saskatchewan RCMP members arrived. Savinkoff added that the circumstances of the fire are suspicious. “We are proceeding with an arson investigation due to the suspicious nature of the fire,” he said. “(We are) still waiting for the fire investigators’ report.” Savinkoff said a suspect has not yet been identified. In the meantime, a fundraiser on social media has been launched to help support the Moffat Family, left homeless after their neighbour’s explosion. Mom Kayla Stotski, posted to social media thanking the public for their support in contributing needed items. “As some of you may know, our family home was tragically lost to a fire. It's been a devastating time for us—emotionally, physically, and mentally—as we try to process everything while caring for our three young children, all under the age of five,” she posted. “The fire took so much from us. We’re incredibly grateful that we’re safe and that the kids now have beds again, and we've been blessed with an outpouring of clothing donations.” In earlier posts, Stotski said her family was uninsured. As of July 8, just over $4,000 had been raised through the social media fundraiser, ‘Emergency House Fire from neighbours’ at gofundme.com.