Four homeless after Merivale fire

Posted Jun 18, 2013 05:09:24 AM.

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OTTAWA – A mother and her three children have been left homeless after a kitchen fire in their apartment Monday evening.

Crews quickly put out the fire which caused smoke to billow from a highrise near Merivale Road and Kirkwood Avenue.

Damage is estimated at $40,000. The family is now in the care of victim support.

There were no injuries and no word yet on the cause of the blaze.

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