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Critical Rescue: Man Revived After Ottawa Blaze
21 Sep
Summary
- Firefighters revived a man without vital signs after a kitchen fire.
- The man was transported to hospital in critical condition.
- The fire was contained to the kitchen and extinguished quickly.
A man is in critical condition after being rescued and revived by firefighters responding to an apartment kitchen fire on Sunday. The blaze occurred in a two-storey residential building on Lockhart Avenue in Ottawa's west end.
Firefighters entered the unit where the fire originated and found a man without vital signs. They immediately removed him from the building, administered CPR, and successfully restored his pulse and breathing. Paramedics transported the man, in his 50s, to the hospital suffering from inhalation injuries.
Another resident, a man in his 70s, was assessed at the scene but did not require hospitalization. The fire was confined to the kitchen and brought under control within half an hour, allowing other residents to return to their apartments. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.
