OttawaTwo people were hurt and 10 displaced by a fire on Mésanges Drive off Albion Road in Ottawa on Thursday morning, according to Ottawa first responders.2 hurt, 10 displaced by early morning fire on Mésanges DriveCBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2025 11:12 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoOttawa firefighters had to call for backup to help contain a fire in a townhouse on Mésanges Drive on Thursday morning. (Scott Stilborn/Ottawa Fire Services)Two people were hurt and 10 displaced by a fire on Mésanges Drive off Albion Road in Ottawa on Thursday morning, according to Ottawa first responders.Firefighters were called to the building in the Bank Street and Hunt Club Road area around 4:25 a.m., according to a news release.When they arrived, three townhomes were fully engulfed. Firefighters called for backup and the fire was deemed under control shortly after 5 a.m.Ottawa Fire on the scene of a 2 Alarm fire in 2 units of a 6 unit row in the 2800 block of Mésanges Drive off Albion Road. @OttFire #Ottawa news #Ottawa pic.twitter.com/v6zX4w7OZB—@OFSFirePhotoA woman in her 50s jumped from the second floor and suffered non life-threatening injuries, according to Ottawa paramedics. Nick DeFazio of Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) says the early morning fire demonstrated the importnce of planning ahead. “In new construction, you have about two minutes to exit a home, and that’s why we are so serious about checking your smoke alarm, having two exits that you’ve pre-planned, having a meeting point outside,” he said.”The [new] construction, it burns quick, and that siding is like liquid gasoline,” DeFazio continued. “That was the case in these townhomes. It was siding, it wasn’t brick all around, and that siding goes up extremely fast and the fire will crawl right to your attic.”Defazio said the woman’s husband was also sent to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.The heat from the blaze was so intense it caused melting on cars parked across the street, he added.
Woman jumps from 2nd floor to escape house fire
