Ottawa firefighters have responded to 1 brush fire a day since March 15
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Ottawa Fire Services says it has extinguished one brush fire a day in the city in the last two weeks.
Ottawa Fire Services says it has extinguished at least one brush fire a day in the city in the last two weeks.
While the fires haven't caused significant damage, the fire service is raising the alarm over the impact they are having on firefighter resources.
Despite some rain last week, weather conditions in Ottawa have been drier than normal, with next to no snow being recorded in the capital in late winter and early spring. The conditions have caused the surface of the ground to be dry and highly flammable.
Ottawa Fire spokesperson Nick Defazio tells CTV News there were no brush fires this time last year, but there has been at least one per day since March 15 of this year.
On Tuesday, firefighters spent hours fighting a fire in the community of Corkery, near Carp in the west end of Ottawa. Crews were able to prevent the fire from reaching a house, despite high winds.
Defazio says these kinds of fires are being seen all across the city and many of them have been preventable.
"These fires are causing a lot of our resources to be deployed and we want to keep our crews readily available," Defazio said.
