Ottawa firefighters knock down delivery car fire before it spreads to restaurant

Delivery car fire in front of St. Hubert restaurant at 1754 St. Laurent Blvd. Will Pergant/@OttFire

Posted Jan 2, 2024 01:13:15 PM.

Last Updated Jan 2, 2024 02:34:01 PM.

Firefighters prevented a St. Hubert from going up in flames after they extinguished a vehicle fire in the capital’s east end Tuesday afternoon.

Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) said they received the call at around 12:10 p.m. Tuesday for a burning car at the St. Hubert location on St. Laurent.

Fire crews arrived on scene where one of the restaurant’s delivery cars was fully engulfed in flames and only a few feet from the building. Firefighters got the blaze under control by 12:17 p.m.

Fire crews are still on scene ventilating smoke that got into the restaurant.

No injuries were reported.

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