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No injuries after 2-alarm fire rips through Barrhaven home: Ottawa Fire Services

Ottawa firefighters fought a two-alarm blaze early Friday morning that ripped through a two-storey home in the suburb of Barrhaven. No one was injured, according to the fire department. Scott Stilborn / @OFSFirePhoto / Twitter

Ottawa’s fire department says no one was injured when flames ripped through a two-storey home in Barrhaven overnight.

“Multiple” 911 calls around 12:50 a.m. on Friday reported smoke and flames coming from the end unit of a row house complex on Kirkstone Private in the city’s southwest end, Ottawa Fire Services said.

Ottawa firefighters fought a two-alarm blaze early Friday morning that ripped through a two-storey home in the suburb of Barrhaven. Scott Stilborn / @OFSFirePhoto / Twitter

Firefighters declared a two-alarm fire at the suburban home just after 1 a.m. and had it under control at 1:40 a.m., according to the fire department.

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The home’s occupants reportedly evacuated safely before firefighters arrived.

An Ottawa fire investigator is looking into the cause of the blaze.

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Crews remain on scene for “overhaul and salvage operations,” according to the fire department.

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