13 displaced after fire at rooming house
Smoke and flames found coming from basement unit on Lebreton Street N Thursday evening
More than a dozen people have been displaced following a fire at a rooming house in Chinatown.
Firefighters were called to the two-storey building at 118 Lebreton St. N. at about 6:20 p.m. Thursday.
They found smoke and flames coming from a basement unit, Ottawa Fire Services wrote in a news release.
The fire was under control more than half an hour later and out by just after 7 p.m., the department said.
Ottawa Fire on scene of a Working Fire at 118 LeBreton Street. Crews have contained the fire to one half of a 2-storey residential double. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottnews?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ottnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OttCity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OttCity</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottfire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ottfire</a> <a href="https://t.co/0WDBrJlndd">pic.twitter.com/0WDBrJlndd</a>
—@OFSFirePhotoNo one was injured. Damage is estimated at $400,000 and an investigation is underway.
The Red Cross and Salvation Army are helping those who have been displaced.