Barn in North Gower damaged by Christmas Day fire

One Ottawa firefighter received a minor injury and crews needed roughly 90 minutes to extinguish a blaze in a large barn near North Gower on Christmas Day.

Ottawa Fire Services said a caller to 911 reported that a neighbouring barn in the 6200 block of Fourth Line Road was fully engulfed in flames at about 3:35 p.m. on Thursday.

Because the “large footprint commercial structure” was located in an area without fire hydrants, crews used a shuttle system from a nearby source to fight the flame, a news release said.

The fire was declared under control at 5:07 p.m., Ottawa Fire Services.

Beside the minor injury to the firefighter, no other injuries were reported. Ottawa Fire Services said an investigator was assigned to determine the cause of the blaze.

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