One dead, 19 displaced after fire at Ottawa apartment building: firefighters

The Canadian Press

The Ottawa fire service says one person is dead and 19 people have been displaced after a fire at an apartment building in the city's west end Sunday.

Firefighters say they were called to the scene on Armstrong Street at around 6 p.m. after multiple 911 calls reporting a fire in a three-storey, multi-unit building.

They say emergency crews found the fire inside a bedroom in a first floor unit and it was extinguished just before 6:30 p.m. before it could spread.

They say firefighters found one person unconscious inside the bathroom, and despite life-saving measures, they were pronounced dead in hospital.

The fire service says crews searched the rest of the building and found no one else inside, and a total of 19 residents were displaced.

It says firefighters and the provincial fire marshal will investigate the cause of the blaze.

 

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