Ottawa firefighters quickly knock down blaze in unoccupied Carlington-area apartment
Posted Aug 16, 2022 01:49:21 PM.
There are no injuries reported after a fire in an unoccupied apartment in Ottawa's Carlington neighbourhood.
Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) responded to the building on Shillington Avenue around 8:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15 after a 9-1-1 call reporting black smoke coming from an outside vent.
Upon entering the building, fire crews confirmed smoke in a first floor hallway and a fire in one of the units.
A working fire was declared at 8:54 p.m. and was under control within 15 minutes.
A fire investigator has been dispatched to the scene to determine the cause.
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