Four people have been displaced following a major house fire in Ottawa’s Rideauview community on Thursday evening.
Ottawa Fire Services received multiple calls at approximately 7:27 p.m. reporting a fire at a home in the 100 block of Sanford Avenue. Witnesses reported flames coming from an attached garage before spreading to the house.
Firefighters arrived within three minutes and found the garage fully engulfed, with flames reaching high above the roof and heavy black smoke pouring from the property.
Crews deployed several hose lines and an aerial ladder to contain the blaze. As the fire spread through the walls and into the attic, firefighters had to cut into the floors, remove sections of the ceiling and open parts of the roof to reach hidden hot spots.
Firefighters conducted two searches of the smoke-filled home and confirmed that no one was inside. The fire was brought under control by approximately 8:04 p.m.
No injuries were reported, but four residents were displaced. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.