A fifth body was pulled from the rubble of the listed building that was ravaged by flames on Place d’Youville in Old Montreal last Thursday.
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The victim’s body was found by fire department teams late Saturday afternoon, according to Véronique Dubuc, spokeswoman for the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM).
Like the other four bodies, this one was entrusted to the Forensic Science and Medicine Laboratory, which was responsible for confirming the identity of the victims.