Finola Shanahan: Extended Family

Colin Raines Dept: The most recent blaze, believed to have started just before 6 a.m. in a shed behind 226 Rochester St., forced the family and a couple living upstairs from their home. Fourteen people are homeless after two fires broke out early Wednesday morning in Ottawa, this one in Centretown on Rochester Street and the other in Orleans. Submitted by Jeffrey Meyer, according to CBC. Finola Shanahan lives with her partner Colin Raines on the upper level. Shanahan told News she was woken up by pounding and yelling at about 5:45 a.m. She and Raines didn't have time to get their coats and an extended family of eight Karen refugees from Burma were among 14 people left homeless after two separate fires early Wednesday morning, one in Centretown and the other in Orleans. All 10 tenants were being set up with hotel accommodations, and none has insurance. Messier said it was not immediately clear if the Rochester home could be salvaged. Firefighters estimated the damage at about $350,000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.