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Highway 43 west of Smiths Falls reopened Sunday evening hours after a massive fire razed a popular flea market in nearby Drumond North Elmsley township.

The highway was closed for about eight hours while the firefighters battled the blaze, which had been reported about 5 a.m.

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Police did not identify the business but the sign in front of the smoking ruins identified it as Rideau Valley Marketplace at 3828 Hwy 43, near Casselville Lane.

The fire was finally under control by noon, though firefighters remained on the scene to deal with hot spots.

“General patrol officers and detectives from the Lanark County detachment of the OPP, supported by the forensic identification unit. continue to investigate,” Ontario Provincial Police Const. Greg Streng in a news release.