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Another person who was badly injured in a Somerset Street W. highrise fire on Saturday night has died, according to Ottawa police.
Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) spokesperson Nick DeFazio said firefighters responded to a fire on the top floor of the building just west of Bank Street around 9:30 p.m., and that smoke and flames were visible through a balcony door when they arrived on scene.
Four people were inside the burning unit. Firefighters found three people unconscious inside the apartment. A fourth person was found on the balcony.
Kevin Montgomery, commander of operations with the Ottawa Paramedic Service, said one person was pronounced dead at the scene.
Three other people were taken to hospital, he said: one who had died by Sunday morning, another critically injured and a third with minor injuries.
Police did not share further details about the latest victim on Tuesday.
WATCH | The state of the investigation as of Monday:
Investigation underway into fatal Centretown apartment fire
A fire in downtown Ottawa on Saturday night killed two people and injured three others. It happened on the top floor of a residential 19-storey highrise on Somerset Street W. at around 9:30 p.m. Jodie Applewaithe reports.
The fire happened in an Ottawa Community Housing (OCH) building. OCH said on its website it has 250 units and is geared to seniors.
The Ontario Fire Marshal’s office is taking the lead on investigating the cause of the fire.