OTTAWA, ON – Residents of a Caldwell high rise near Merivale were let back into their apartments after they were forced to leave the building when a fire sparked on the 10th floor Saturday morning.

It was a small fire in the bedroom closet.

“We knocked it down quick,” Ottawa Fire District Chief John Simpson told 1310News.  “The problem was smoke migration through the hallways.”

He said damage was minimal.  

An inspector will visit the scene and determine the damage value as well as the cause of the blaze.