Fire in Manor Park destroys home
Posted Feb 9, 2013 10:45:34 AM.
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OTTAWA, On. — Ottawa firefighters responded to a fire in Manor Park early Sunday morning after an OC Transpo driver reported seeing flames coming from a two-storey home at 35 Birch Ave., off Hemlock Road.
The call was made at 1:26 a.m. and when crews arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames.
The home was in the late stages of construction and was unoccupied at the time of the fire.
The wind was fueling the fire and threatening other homes.
Fire crews kept the blaze from spreading and brought it under control at 2:24 a.m.
No injures were reported.
Damage has been estimated at $300,000 with an additional $5,000 in exposure damage to a neighbouring home.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
