Crews tackle back-to-back commercial fires in Kanata
Posted Jan 6, 2021 02:51:00 PM.
A pair of early-morning commercial fires in Kanata are under control.
Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) tackled the blazes within a minute of each other early Wednesday, January 6.
At 2:01 a.m., OFS responded to a 911 call reporting a fire in front of a restaurant in a commercial plaza on Hazeldean Road, between Kincardine Drive and Roger Griffiths Avenue.
The fire was under control shortly after 2:30 a.m. and there were no injuries reported.
Fire damage was contained to a single unit in the plaza, however, surrounding businesses were damaged by smoke.
Meanwhile, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) contacted OFS to report smoke coming from a restaurant in a commercial plaza on Terrance Matthews Crescent at 2:02 a.m., between Michael Cowpland Drive and Denzil Doyle Crescent.
That fire was also under control by around 2:30 a.m., the damage was contained to one unit, and there were no injuries reported.
Investigators have been called in to probe the causes of the fires.
