Firefighters were summoned by a 911 call at about 4:39 a.m. and arrived to find flames coming through the roof of the one-storey home, Ottawa Fire Services said.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
The fire had spread from the first floor up into the attic and the roof of the house and to the electrical wires. Firefighters set up an exclusion zone around the wires. They used an OC Transpo bus to warm up as they rotated in and out of fighting the fire. Crews pulled down ceilings inside the house to get the fire under control at 5:16 a.m. but remained on the scene to hunt for hot spots. A fire investigator was called in to find the cause and origin of the blaze.