Firefighters responded quickly to a fire in a home on Kingsway Avenue just off of Trout Lake Road. The call came in around 9 a.m.
Firefighters, and city parks crews worked together with an off duty paramedic who got the lone resident - an elderly woman - out of the residence safely.
She was not injured.
"Fire crews were on scene within four minutes and very quickly and successfully extinguished the fire which had started in a piece of furniture and then extended into the structure of the home," stated Deputy Chief Greg Saunders.
A portion of Kingsway Avenue was blocked off by police (at the corner of Queensway and Kingsway) for close to a half hour as fire crews worked on the home.
Saunders believes the fire started due to careless smoking within the home.
No word on a damage estimate although Saunders believes the resident will be unable to return to the home until a significant restoration is complete.
The North Bay Fire Department recommends that if you are going to smoke to please do so responsibly.