Three people lose home in Ottawa fire; arson unit investigating
Posted December 11, 2011 4:50 pm.
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OTTAWA – Ottawa’s arson unit is looking into a fire that gutted a suburban bungalow last night.
Firefighters say the residents were out of town when flames broke out in the home on Scrivens Drive in the city’s south end just before 9 p.m.
Fire crews got the blaze under control by 10 p.m. but the building collapsed.
Damage is estimated to be around $500,000.
Three people lived in the home and will have to find a place to stay.
