A resident at a home that caught fire in Vanier on Sunday night credits their working smoke detector for a safe evacuation.
Ottawa Fire Services say that they received a 911 call from a resident at 108 The Rockery Private reporting flames in the basement at around 11:41 p.m. Sunday night. When they arrived, firefighters saw smoke in one unit of a row home and declared it a working fire.
Firefighters then began ventilating smoke and the fire was declared under control at around midnight. Ottawa Fire Services is reporting that there were no injuries in the fire.
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According to fire investigators, only the one unit sustained damage which is estimated at $85,000 and one person has been displaced. Investigators also say the fire was deemed accidental and was caused by improperly discarded smoking materials.
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