Police in Ottawa are investigating the possibility that someone deliberately started a fire on the ground floor of an all-female rooming house on Nepean Street.
There are reports that a Molotov cocktail was lobbed into the three-storey building late Saturday, but officials say the cause of the blaze has not been confirmed.
The fire was contained to one unit. Damage is estimated to be about $100,000.
About 20 women had to flee the building, but no one was injured.
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