A 50-year-old man was taken to hospital after jumping from a second-floor window during a fire Sunday afternoon on Granville Street.

Ottawa Fire Services received multiple 911 calls at 1:29 p.m., with callers reporting that heavy smoke and flames were coming from a second-floor window and that one person was attempting to jump.

After arriving at the scene in the 200 block of Granville in the Rideau-Vanier ward, firefighters confirmed that thick, black smoke was visible at the home.

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Additional resources were called to the location at 1:33 p.m. and a “fast attack” was started, with a hose line advanced into the building. By 2:06 p.m., the fire was deemed to be under control.

Two full searches of the home were conducted and no oc

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