A man in central Ottawa was declared dead despite CPR. The Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) received a call shortly before 5:30 PM on Monday reporting smoke and alarms sounding in the residential high-rise at 229 Argyle Ave.
The firefighters found smoke from a second-floor apartment and entered the unit while another crew battled the fire and ventilated smoke through the windows.
Fire crews found one unresponsive adult male in the apartment and performed CPR before transferring care to paramedics. The 42-year-old man was taken to a hospital where he was declared dead.
The Ottawa police arson unit is now investigating the incident in cooperation with OFS and the provincial fire marshal.
The Ottawa fire crews stated that the fire was under control by 5:40 PM with damage contained to a single unit.
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