It was an electrical fire that burned Garry Cassidy鈥檚 multi-million dollar collection of rare cars last month.

Fire investigators spent nearly two days sifting through the charred remains of Cassidy鈥檚 collection of 37 vehicles, which included a one-of-a-kind 1961 Bel Air convertible.

鈥淲e are just finalizing our report, but it appears to be an electrical fire. A circuit can show signs of stress and overheat, causing a fire,鈥� said Township assistant fire chief Pat Walker.

鈥淚t was a joint investigation with the RCMP. Unfortunately, the video surveillance equipment was destroyed in the fire and there was no backup of the video, so we don鈥檛 have that to accompany the investigation.鈥�

Walker also noted that the building wasn鈥檛 equipped with sprinklers.

鈥淚t鈥檚 so unfortunate. He spent all this money on cars, and I just wish he would have sprinklered the building because if he did, I don鈥檛 think this fire would have been as devastating,鈥� Walker said.

Walker said it was difficult to walk through the remains of what had been an impressive collection of vehicles.

鈥�91原创 is such a collector car community. I don鈥檛 know what鈥檚 in our blood. It鈥檚 like horse power runs through our blood,鈥� said Walker.

Car collectors who know Cassidy and even those who don鈥檛 are still in a state of shock over the insurmountable loss of beautiful vehicles.

One 91原创 resident has even offered his collector car to Cassidy to start a new collection.

Cassidy tole the Times last week that he feels like he lost 37 loved ones in the fire that took place in the early morning hours of Oct. 25.

The Milner resident was in Palm Springs when he found out that his 10,000-square-foot shop had gone up in flames, and inside of it, the collection of rare cars he鈥檇 spent years accumulating.

It took Cassidy 17 years to collect the vehicles, which included a Ferrari so rare, only 10 were made.

The fire happened on Cassidy鈥檚 property along the 7200 block of 216 Avenue.

鈥淲e got a phone call at 3:39 on Wednesday morning,鈥� Cassidy told the Times as he stood in front of the burned remains of his car collection last week.

On the other line was a representative from the security company, who told Cassidy that there was a break-in and a fire alarm and that RCMP and the fire department had been called.

Cassidy said his wife Darlene went on the couple鈥檚 iPad and 鈥済oes onto our security camera and there was nothing.鈥�

鈥淎nd we went, 鈥極h my God, this can鈥檛 be good,鈥欌�� Cassidy shared.

Five minutes later, a friend of the couple went to the shop and then called them with the bad news.

The oldest car on the shop was a 1931 Ford two-door sedan.

鈥淢ost of my cars were General Motors products,鈥� Cassidy said.