Explosion, fire at Montreal Road NRC site

Posted Dec 27, 2016 07:21:28 AM.

Last Updated Dec 27, 2016 08:34:46 AM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

OTTAWA–No word yet on a cause of a late night fire in a hydro vault at the National Research Council site on Montreal Road.

Fire crews were called just before 11 o’clock Monday night: Witnesses reported huge flames and billowing black smoke from the scene.
Ottawa Fire reports an explosion in the hydro vault caused a power outage nearby.

Air quality readings this morning reported to be negative.

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