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5 displaced after blaze at downtown Ottawa apartment complex

Ottawa Fire Services responded to the fire at an apartment complex on Bay Street on Monday morning. Scott Stilborn photo

Ottawa fire officials say five people have been displaced after a fire damaged an apartment complex downtown early Monday morning.

According to Ottawa Fire Services, firefighters received multiple 911 calls at around 1:30 a.m. reporting smoke and flames from a building located at the corner of Bay and Albert streets.

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Fire services say a working fire was declared while firefighters were en route to the scene.

Crews determined the fire came from a building in the 200 block of Bay Street and confirmed that no one was trapped inside, though one occupant reportedly needed to be rescued by ladder from a balcony.

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The fire was confirmed under control at 1:43 a.m. and declared completely out at 2:13 a.m.

No dollar value of the damage has been released, but an investigator has been dispatched to the scene.

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