Early Morning Fire Destroys Scotiabank Building

Fire has gutted the Richmond Scotiabank building.

Ottawa Fire Services received a 911 call at 2:33 a.m. Saturday (April 6), reporting a fire in a commercial building on McBean Street.

Richmond firefighters arrived on the scene five minutes later, and a working fire was declared. Crews worked quickly to access the building and locate the source of the fire.

There were no injuries as the building was unoccupied.

Saturday morning, many people stopped on the sidewalk across the street to see the remains of the building, while a Bell technician worked on the wires beside the building and investigators surveyed the remains of the building. One neighbour commented that the noise did not wake her up, but she did wake up at one point and noticed the lights and then saw the firefighters battling the blaze.

There had been posts on social media that an explosion was heard, but police and investigators on hand would not confirm that information. Investigators are working to determine the origin of the fire.

Scotiabank has yet to make an announcement regarding the fire. For local residents who do their banking with Scotiabank, the closest Scotiabank locations are:

• Bridlewood, 701 Eagleson Road, Kanata (branch and ATM), 10.6 km
• Stittsville, 1271 Main Street, Stittsville (branch and ATM), 10.8 km
• Barrhaven Centre, 3701 Strandherd Dr., Barrhaven (branch and ATM), 12.1 km
• Hazeldean, 482 Hazeldean Rd., Kanata (branch and ATM). 12.1km
• Woodroffe and Stoneway, 3025 Woodroffe, Barrhaven (branch and ATM) 13.7 km
• Riverside South, 655 Earl Armstrong Rd., Riverside South, (branch and ATM) 13.9km
• Terry Fox and Campeau, 8111 Campeau Drive, Kanata, (branch and ATM) 14.2 km