Firefighters quickly extinguish basement apartment fire in Overbrook Saturday morning

A fire in the basement of a residential building at 241 Columbus Avenue in Overbrook was quickly put out by firefighters on Saturday morning, even though they had to dig out a snow-encrusted fire hydrant first.
There were no injuries in the fire, according to Ottawa Fire Services, although one person received help from victim services. Firefighters got a call at 8:16 a.m. about heavy smoke coming from the basement apartment in the building.
The firefighters had to dig out the fire hydrant, which