Meadowlands apartment fire brought under control

Ottawa firefighters were called to put out a stubborn fire early Friday in an end unit apartment in a rowhouse complex at 1149 Meadowlands Dr., near Fisher Avenue.
The service was alerted shortly after 4 a.m. by 911 callers, who told of heavy smoke and flames shooting from the apartment’s kitchen.
Firefighters employed a fast attack technique, both to extinguish the flames and to prevent it from spreading to connected units.
The unit was vacant and no injuries were reported. A fi