Ottawa firefighters take down 4 fires in 24 hours over lengthy weekend

There have been no accidents reported attributable to any of the fires and all have been underneath investigation to find out their causes

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Firefighters have been busy in Ottawa over Labour Day weekend, battling 4 fires in 24 hours Sunday.

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There have been no accidents reported attributable to any of the fires and all have been underneath investigation to find out their causes.

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Sunday morning, members of Ottawa Fireplace Providers have been at a vacant faculty in Sarsfield, the place a number of fires have been discovered throughout the constructing, requiring a two-alarm response.

The service mentioned in a Twitter publish the decision got here in at round 8:24 a.m. Sunday to go to the realm of Colonial Highway, by the use of Dunning Highway and Dessaint Avenue. 

Heavy smoke was noticed in the back of the college on arrival, adopted by extra on the entrance of the constructing. Searchers didn’t discover anyone within the empty faculty. The hearth was declared underneath management round 10 a.m.

Simply after 5 p.m. Sunday, a number of folks referred to as 911 to report darkish smoke coming from a decrease stage of a constructing on Albion Highway round Heatherington Highway, off Walkley Highway, hearth companies mentioned in a launch.

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The hearth was declared underneath management minutes later, by 5:18 p.m., and crews remained on the scene to ventilate the constructing.

Then, at about 10:45 p.m., the Ottawa police service mentioned it assisted hearth companies by diverting visitors away from Freeway 174 between Kinsella Drive and Canaan Highway in Cumberland attributable to a hearth.

Fireplace companies mentioned in a launch that 911 calls had begun coming in shortly after 10 p.m. to report smoke and flames coming from an unoccupied constructing alongside the 174. The street was reopened by 2 a.m.

Lastly, about 20 minutes earlier than midnight Sunday, 911 callers reported a “robust odour of smoke” coming from a unit in a constructing on Benlea Drive in the neighborhood of Tanglewood, close to West Hunt Membership Highway, the hearth service mentioned in a launch.

The hearth had damaged out in a basement bed room and was rapidly extinguished, with firefighters sticking round to verify whether or not or not the hearth had prolonged elsewhere. The Canadian Crimson Cross and the Salvation Military have been helping these impacted by the hearth.