BISSELTOWN — A family of six is struggling to rebuild after escaping a house fire here on Monday night.
The fire on Bisseltown Road left Kirsti and Mike Bakker and four children scattered between friends’ homes, the homes of support workers and hotel rooms while they awaited word from their insurance company.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“We did an aggressive interior attack,” said the chief, adding firefighters were able to limit the amount of water used.Article content Bowman said he would never recommend to people to stay behind and try to fight a fire, advising instead they escape as quickly as possible, but the chief did note that Owen’s intervention did limit the size of the fire and its damage.
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