No injuries reported in Ottawa apartment fire on Somerset Drive

There were no injuries reported Tuesday morning following an apartment building fire on Somerset Drive in Ottawa investigators said was caused by the misuse of a candle.

The Ottawa Fire Department was called at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday to a multi-unit apartment building at 2105 Somerset Drive for a fire in a bedroom. Firefighters found fire through the roof of the second story on the backside of the complex, the Ottawa Fire Department said in a press release. After entering, crews found heavy fire in one of the upstairs apartments that was extending in the attic space to the second apartment.

The fire was controlled at 1:22 a.m., the fire department said. Firefighters continued to perform salvage, overhaul and investigation activities.

Ottawa Fire Department was assisted by Ottawa Police Department, Naplate Fire Department, Wallace Fire Department, Marseilles Area Ambulance Service, Marseilles Fire Department, Grand Ridge Fire Department, Utica Fire Department, Streator Fire Department, Ottawa Water Department, Ameren and American Red Cross.

This is the third structure fire reported in Ottawa since Dec. 23. None of them are related.