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Three people have been displaced and a firefighter sustained a minor injury in a fire at a townhouse in the 100 block of Parkrose in Orléans early Thursday.
Ottawa Fire Services received several calls at about 1:30 a.m. reporting fires in a car and the ground floor of the townhouse.
Teams found the middle-unit of three homes was a middle-unit townhome was fully engaged and engulfed in smoke and flames. A “working fire” was declared to dispatch additional resources to the scene.
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Firefighters confirmed the flames had moved up to the second floor and into the attic of the home.
Teams searched the site to ensure no occupants were trapped.
Firefighters pulled down parts of the ceiling on the second floor to extinguish the flames inside the attic that had spread to one of the attached homes.
Two full searches were done and no residents were found inside.
The fire was declared under control at 2:36 a.m.
Firefighters performed salvage operations using tarps to protect the furniture and belongings inside the homes from smoke and water damage.
A fire inspector has been dispatched.
There were no civilian injuries reported.
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