Fire damages home in Ottawa’s east end Monday morning [Video]

Five people have been displaced following a Monday morning fire in Ottawa’s Beacon Hill neighbourhood.

The Ottawa Fire Services says an occupant of a two-storey home on Crownhill Street called 9-1-1 at 7:45 a.m., reporting their home was “filling up with smoke.”

Officials say the fire started in a solarium at the back of the home and spread to the basement and the kitchen that was located right off the solarium.

“Firefighters initiated a fast attack and advanced a hose line to the back of the home,” Ottawa fire said on X.

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All occupants of the home had safely exited by the time firefighters arrived.

The fire was declared under control at 8:35 a.m.

Officials say four adults and a child will be displaced and are receiving victim assistance.

A man was treated at the scene for minor smoke inhalation, according to paramedics.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.