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Posted: Jun 01, 2021 8:23 AM ET | Last Updated: June 1 With no hydrants at the site, Ottawa firefighters are trucking in water to a fire at a recycling facility in west Ottawa June 1, 2021. Theyre also using foam.(@OttFire/Twitter) Ottawa firefighters are working on a large fire in a recycling facility in west Ottawa Tuesday morning. Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) received the call to an industrial area on West Hunt Drive off Carp Road at 6:58 a.m. and firefighters reached the site a few minute...

Dozens of cows dead in rural Ottawa barn fire Ottawa firefighters battled a "raging" blaze at an agricultural building near a rural Ottawa village on Thursday evening. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: May 20, 2021 9:18 PM ET | Last Updated: May 21 Firefighters are battling a large fire at an agricultural building near Kars, a village in rural Ottawa Thursday night.(Scott Stilborn/OFS) Dozens of cattle have died in a fire that was "raging" into Thursday evening at an agricultural building n...

  OTTAWA -- Fire officials say 120 cows were killed in a large barn fire near the village of Manotick on Thursday, which caused an estimated $2 million in damage. Firefighters were called to Acredale Farms, on First Line Road near Century Road East, and arrived within five minutes of receiving multiple 911 calls around 7:20 p.m. Thursday. The black smoke and flames were visible from several kilometres away. Before crews arrived, Rob Lachapelle, who lives up the road, was leaving his home ...

  OTTAWA -- A cigarette in a planter box is getting the blame for a fire atop the Andaz hotel in the ByWard Market. Flames coming from the roof of the hotel could be seen from highrise windows and balconies surrounding the Market Tuesday night. Images started surfacing on social media around 9 p.m. My friend just posted these pictures on Facebook of the Andaz Hotel in Ottawa! Sirens blared as fire trucks rushed towards the scene. The flames were extinguished quickly. No one was hurt. A...

Article content Firefighters from Ottawa and North Grenville doused a grass fire that was spreading towards Highway 416 near the Rideau River on Friday afternoon, forcing the Ontario Provincial Police to briefly close the highway. A passing motorist called 911 at 12:55 p.m. to report the fire just north of the Rideau River, Ottawa Fire Services said in a release. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Firefighters battle brush fires near Highway 416 an...

Article content The North Grenville Fire Service responded to an automatic aid call Tuesday night at the New Rideau Restaurant on Merlyn Wilson Road in Beckett’s Landing. The area falls right on the border between Ottawa and North Grenville but falls under Ottawa’s jurisdiction. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The blaze was called in by a passerby calling 911 at 10:43 p.m. North Grenville firefighters were first on the scene, and confirmed a str...

  OTTAWA -- A part of Bronson Avenue has reopened after Hazmat crews cleaned up a chemical leak inside a building. Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) says crews were called to a building on Bronson just south of Gladstone Avenue at around 11:20 a.m. Wednesday on reports of an unknown odour. Ottawa Fire PIO Carson Tharris told CTV News Ottawa that chemicals were found in the basement of a commercial building and initial readings suggested there could be a risk to the people inside. Crews arrived o...

The plane was on fire in a wooded area just south of the airport when emergency crews responded to reports of a plane crash at approximately 1 p.m.

5 fires keep Ottawa crews busy over 15-hour period A 15-hour stretch from Sunday night to Monday morning, saw fire crews in Ottawa respond to five separate fires in the citys central neighbourhoods.  Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 20, 2020 10:03 PM ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2020 A fire on James Street was one of five that Ottawa fire crews were called to since Sunday evening. (Ottawa Fire Service) A 15-hour stretch from Sunday night to Monday morning, saw fire crews in Ottawa...

5 fires keep Ottawa crews busy over 15-hour period A 15-hour stretch from Sunday night to Monday morning, saw fire crews in Ottawa respond to five separate fires in the citys central neighbourhoods.  Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Dec 20, 2020 10:03 PM ET | Last Updated: December 21, 2020 A fire on James Street was one of five that Ottawa fire crews were called to since Sunday evening. (Ottawa Fire Service) A 15-hour stretch from Sunday night to Monday morning, saw fire crews in Ottawa...