Overbrook highrise fire: Firefighters put down another blaze in same building on Donald Street [Video]

Ottawa Fire Services says crews battled a fire that broke out in a bedroom in the same highrise that displaced hundreds of residents and sent three people to hospital in critical condition Thursday morning.

The bedroom fire happened on the sixth floor Friday evening at 1244 Donald St. in the Overbrook neighbourhood.

One person sustained minor injuries. They were treated at the scene, Ottawa Paramedics spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps told CTV News Ottawa Saturday.

Firefighters say they received multiple calls reporting a fire in one of the apartments in the highrise building. When crews arrived on scene, they saw flames and immediately started extinguishing the fire. It was declared under control at 11:46 p.m.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Residents who are affected by this fire will be receiving help from the Canadian Red Cross and the Salvation Army, firefighters add.

The Ottawa Police Arson Unit said Thursday afternoon the fire at the Overbrook apartment building that sent …