One dead, 19 displaced after fire at Ottawa apartment building: firefighters
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OTTAWA – The Ottawa fire service says one person is dead and 19 people have been displaced after a fire at an apartment building in the city’s west end Sunday.
Firefighters say they were called to the scene on Armstrong Street at around 6 p.m. after multiple 911 calls reporting a fire in a three-storey, multi-unit building.
They say emergency crews found the fire inside a bedroom in a first floor unit and it was extinguished just before 6:30 p.m. before it could spread.
They say firefighters found one person unconscious inside the bathroom, and despite life-saving measures, they were pronounced dead in hospital.
The fire service says crews searched the rest of the building and found no one else inside, and a total of 19 residents were displaced.
It says firefighters and the provincial fire marshal will investigate the cause of the blaze.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 19, 2026.