Fire in exhaust vent at restaurant in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood

Firefighters responded to a call for black smoke at a restaurant on Somerset Street in Ottawa on Monday. (Matt Fleming/submitted)

There are no reports of injuries following a fire at a restaurant in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood.

The Ottawa Fire Services says 9-1-1 received multiple calls at 1:50 p.m. Monday reporting “billowing black clouds coming from the roof” of a four-storey commercial building on Somerset Street West, west of Preston Street.

A video sent to CTV News Ottawa showed black smoke billowing from the top of the building.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, they confirmed the smoke was coming from an exhaust pipe on the roof, as well as a restaurant on the first floor, officials said.

“Firefighters confirmed the fire was in the exhaust vent in the kitchen of the restaurant,” Ottawa Fire Services said in a social media post. “Firefighters opened up the exhaust vent and extinguished the flames before they could spread.”

The cause of the fire is under investigation.