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Sufferer help was requested for 2 adults after a fireplace on Champneuf Drive in Orléans Monday afternoon, Ottawa Fireplace Providers stated.

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A number of 911 calls got here in at about 1:30 p.m. reporting smoke and hearth coming from behind a two-storey home.

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The hearth division stated crews may see heavy black smoke on their approach to the scene between Jeanne D’Arc Boulevard South and Vercheres Road. The again of the home was in flames once they arrived.

The primary crew arrived on the hearth 4 minutes after they had been dispatched and launched a “quick assault.” Firefighters searched the house via the dense smoke to substantiate nobody was inside and had the hearth underneath management at 2:05 p.m.

One particular person was assessed by paramedics however was not taken to hospital, the Ottawa Paramedic Service stated.

Firefighters lower holes within the roof to examine for flames within the attic and labored to guard the house’s contents from smoke and water harm.

A fireplace investigator was on the scene to find out the trigger.