Arson unit probing west end fire that destroyed home
Posted Aug 7, 2014 04:20:47 AM.
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OTTAWA – The Ottawa Police arson unit is investigating after a fire in the city’s west early Wednesday morning.
Crews were called to a home at 976 Arkell St. around 1:15 a.m., and arrived to find the home and a vehicle fully engulfed.
Three people were left displaced by the fire, which caused $450,000 damage.
There were no injuries and the fire has been deemed as suspicious.
It’s the fourth fire the arson unit is probing in less than a week.
Early Tuesday morning, Ottawa fire responded to fire at an abandoned house and garage at 268 Parkdale Ave.
The total damages are unknown but the two separate fires led investigators to suspect arson.
Fire crews were called to a two-storey, three bedroom duplex at 804 Forest St. near Carling Avenue and Richmond Road around 9:26 p.m. Monday, after reports of a basement fire.
The house was vacant for two days since the tenants had moved out and only a box spring and garbage were left in the basement, but the fire caused more than $100,000 damage to the building.
There was minor smoke damage to the attached unit at 806 Forest St., and Salvation Army and the Red Cross are assisting the two adults who were displaced.
The cause of the fire is unknown and is being treated as suspicious.
The Arson Unit is also investigating a house fire that caused $450,000 damage in Stittsville Monday morning.
Ottawa Fire received multiple 911 calls reporting heavy smoke coming from the home at 171 Lloydalex Cres., near Carp Road in Stittsville around 10:40 a.m.
When fire crews arrived the blaze had spread from the back of the kitchen into the attic but was quickly brought under control.
No one was home at the time of the fire, which has also been deemed suspicious.
Ottawa police said searching for connections to the three fires is part of their investigation.
