Several homes were destroyed in east Ottawa Monday morning after a gas leak triggered an explosion.
Firefighters say they rescued one person from the wreckage alive.
Ottawa paramedics say they got their first call about a loud noise coming from the area of a construction site┬аat about┬а6:25 a.m.
Ottawa firefighters said a gas leak caused an explosion that had┬а“taken out” multiple houses under construction.
Police said it’s unclear if people were living in the affected┬аhomes. Firefighters said they rescued one person from the wreckage who was stable and talking.
Gas is still leaking, firefighters announced┬аat 7:10 a.m.
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—@OttFire
Paramedics said┬аthey had assessed┬аeight people with minor injuries in the surrounding area as of 7:20 a.m.
They later said one of them had been┬аpulled from the house where the explosion appears to have originated,┬аand that the patient was┬аin┬аserious but stable condition.
Tenth Line Road is closed between D├йcoeur┬аDrive and Wall Road, which is south of Brian Coburn Drive. The scene is about 20 kilometres east of Ottawa’s core.
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One person tweeted to CBC Ottawa┬аthat the explosion shook their house about two┬аkilometres away.
Ottawa police say OC Transpo buses are being sent to the area to keep affected people warm. They’re set up at the intersection of Tenth Line and Sweetvalley Drive and also at 2370 Tenth Line Rd.
