OTTAWA Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) says two different fires that broke out overnight injured no one. Firefighters were first called to a building on St. Patrick Street at around 10:24 p.m. Saturday. Flames and smoke could be seen from the second floor. OFS says the fire was under control by 10:42 p.m. Ottawa Fire quickly brought a Working Fire on St. Patrick ST near Dalhousie ST under control. Multiple calls received reporting a fire at the rear of a building. Fire was contained to a 2nd.floor apartment in a 14 unit building. No injuries reported. #ottnews#OttFire#OttCitypic.twitter.com/mjTBEAH1SX
OTTAWA A Greely man suffered serious burns to his hands in an early afternoon blaze at his home on Monday. The fire at the home on Cedar Acres Drive started around 12:45 p.m. The homeowner told fire officials that work was being done on the home when the vinyl siding caught fire. The back of the home on Cedar Acres Drive was fully involved when firefighters arrived a few minutes later Ottawa Fire Services said. There are no fire hydrants in the area, so a water tanker shuttle was brought in. Paramedics say one male patient suffered first and second-degree burns to both his hands, along with minor smoke inhalation. He was taken to hospital for treatment.
Fire department dispatchers confirmed with the homeowner that the house had been safely evacuated.
Firefighters, who could see the black smoke from a distance, arrived at 12:52 p.m. and quickly doused the fire in the wall. They set up an aerial ladder to fight the flames in the roof from above. Firefighters set up portable tanks to hold the large volumes of water needed to fight the fire and ran tanker trucks to shuttle water from a nearby hydrant.
Firefighters cared for the resident’s burns, then transferred his care to members of the Ottawa Paramedic Service, who took the man to the hospital with first and second-degree burns to his hands and minor smoke inhalation.
OTTAWA Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) says two paddleboarders are safe after being rescued from the Deschenes Rapids on Sunday. In a release, OFS said a strong current caught the pair and swept them into the rapids. They managed to tie themselves to each other and a nearby buoy while they waited for help. Firefighters launched a water rescue boat and brought the paddleboarders back to the Nepean Sailing Club safely. No injuries have been reported but paramedics assessed the two at the scene. OFS is reminding anyone taking to the water to always wear a lifejacket or other personal floatation device and to tell others where you re going and when you plan to return.
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Two paddleboarders escaped injury Sunday after their boards were swept into the Deschênes rapids on the Ottawa River.
Emergency response teams rushed to the scene after getting 911 calls at about noon.
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The paddleboarders had been swept into the rapids by an extremely strong current. They managed to tie themselves to each other and then to a buoy in the water, said Ottawa Fire Services.
After firefighters arrived on the scene, they were able to confirm the location of the paddleboarders and launch a boat immediately to help them back to shore at the Nepean Sailing Club, where the paddleboarders were assessed by paramedics. There were no injuries.