A number of houses have been destroyed in east Ottawa Monday morning after a fuel leak triggered an explosion.
Firefighters say they rescued one individual from the wreckage alive.
Later Monday morning, paramedics stated two individuals are unaccounted for and believed to be within the rubble, and that emergency crews are searching for them.
Ottawa paramedics say they bought their first name a couple of loud noise coming from the realm of a development web site at about 6:25 a.m.
Ottawa firefighters stated a fuel leak prompted an explosion that had “taken out” a number of homes underneath development.
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Police stated it is unclear if folks have been dwelling within the affected houses. Firefighters stated they rescued one individual from the wreckage who was steady and speaking.
Fuel continues to be leaking, firefighters introduced at 7:10 a.m. They’ve scheduled a media briefing for 9:30 a.m.
Paramedics stated they’d assessed eight folks with minor accidents within the surrounding space as of seven:20 a.m.
They later stated certainly one of them — a person — had been pulled from the home the place the explosion seems to have originated, and that he was in critical however steady situation.
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Two of the eight are kids.
Tenth Line Highway is closed between Décoeur Drive and Wall Highway, which is south of Brian Coburn Drive. The scene is about 20 kilometres east of Ottawa’s core.
One individual tweeted to CBC Ottawa that the explosion shook their home about 15 kilometres away in east Gatineau, Que.
Ottawa police say OC Transpo buses are being despatched to the realm to maintain affected folks heat. They’re arrange on the intersection of Tenth Line and Sweetvalley Drive and likewise at 2370 Tenth Line Rd.