Fire leaves Danny's Restaurant & Steakhouse gutted

By Patricia Leboeuf | April 28, 2020 | Local
Front view of Danny's Restaurant
(Photo by Patricia Leboeuf, Petawawa Post)

One person was left injured after an early evening fire on Monday tore through Danny's Restaurant and Steakhouse, leaving the local Petawawa restaurant gutted.

On April 27, members of the Petawawa Fire Department and the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the structural fire on Petawawa Boulevard at about 5:15 p.m.

Deputy Fire Chief Craig Proulx confirmed that the fire began in the basement and firefighters worked long into the night to bring the fire under control. They remained on the scene the following day to extinguish any remaining hot spots.

Garrison Petawawa's National Defence Fire Service provided an aerial apparatus and three personnel to help extinguish the flames.

Damages are valued at more than $1-million, said Proulx.

The identity of the injured person was not released to the public, but Renfrew County Paramedics transported the individual to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Bill Dickson, Media Relations Coordinator for the OPP East Region, confirmed the injuries were not sustained by a first responder. "It was a person who was in the building at the time," he said.

UOV OPP, with the assistance of the Petawawa Fire Department, is investigating the cause of the blaze. "We owe that to the owners and to everybody else that we thoroughly investigate what the cause was," said Dickson. "But we are not assuming there was any … wrong-doings at all."

As of the early afternoon of April 28, one lane of the roadway remains closed between Victoria Street and Mohns Avenue.

Any person with information regarding this investigation should contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers Pembroke/Renfrew County at 1-800-222- 8477 (TIPS), where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000. All tips are anonymous, and you will not have to attend court. Visit the www.valleytips.ca.

Click on an image to enlarge. Photos by Patricia Leboeuf, Petawawa Post.

View of Danny's Restaurant after the fire with fire truck in view
A fire broke out at Danny's Restaurant and Steakhouse on April 27.
Closer view of the damage to Danny's Restaurant
Firefighters and Ontario Provincial Police were called to the scene at about 5:15 p.m. and worked long into the evening to bring the fire under control. Members of the Petawawa Fire Department remained on the scene far into April 28 extinguishing any remaining hotspots.