Two people, including a child, were seriously injured when a fire broke out in a residential building in Hampstead, a community on the west of the island of Montreal.
At around 10:10 p.m. on Sunday, rescue workers were called to this building on Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Luc, which was engulfed in flames. The Montreal Fire Department issued a third alarm in connection with this fire.
When firefighters arrived on scene, they found an unconscious man and a child. The latter were freed from the building and transported to a hospital.
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Two people in cardiac arrest were treated by paramedics at a fire near the intersection of Chemin de la Côte-Saint-Luc and Avenue Beaconsfield on December 31, 2023.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Stéphane Grégoire
As of early Monday evening, authorities were still waiting for an update on her health status. The ages of these two people and any possible relationship between them were not specified.
After a two-hour operation, firefighters were finally able to bring the fire under control shortly after midnight.
However, the circumstances that led to the fire are still unknown. The Montreal City Police Service (SPVM) Arson Unit will be in charge of the investigation as people were seriously injured.
Montreal police announced that residents of the building were evacuated.
When the firefighters have finished their work at the scene of the fire, the place will be secured for investigators so that they can analyze it and try to understand the exact circumstances of this event, indicated agent Caroline Chèvrefils at the door of the SPVM.