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Elderly man seriously injured following house fire in Ottawa's south end

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The Ottawa Paramedic Service says an elderly man sustained serious injuries following a fire that started in a single-family home Thursday morning.

Paramedics told CTV News Ottawa they received a call at 9:44 a.m. reporting a house located in the 100 block of Knoxdale Road was on fire.

The man sustained serious smoke inhalation and was taken to hospital in non-life threatening condition, paramedics add.

Firefighters say they when they arrived on the scene and confirmed the smoke, they declared a working fire for additional resources.

When the fire was extinguished at: 10:32 a.m., crews used high pressurized fans to ventilate the residual smoke out of the structure.

A fire truck is still on the scene to monitor for any flare ups.

The investigation into what led to the fire is ongoing.

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