Ottawa firefighters successfully battled a commercial building fire in the Industrial Park neighbourhood on Saturday afternoon.
In a post on the social media website X, Ottawa Fire Services public information officer Nick DeFazio said crews responded to reports of black smoke coming from a large commercial complex on Sheffield Road near Walkley Road at 12:43 p.m.
After forcing their entry into the building, fire crews found “zero-visibility conditions” inside due to dense black smoke, DeFazio said.
By 2:13 p.m., firefighters had declared the fire under control and began ventilating the building while extinguishing remaining hot spots. There were no occupants inside the complex.
An Ottawa Fire Services investigator was dispatched to determine the cause of the fire.