Investigators examining a house fire in Timberlea, N.S. say the home is now a crime scene.

Police and fire crews responded to the home on Sprucebrook Lane around 3 a.m. Monday.

The house was fully engulfed in flames when officers and firefighters arrived on scene.

No one was inside the home at the time and no one was injured.

St. Margaret’s Bay Road was blocked off during the morning commute but has since reopened to traffic.