Fire ripped through a restored Victorian building in St. Henri on Tuesday afternoon causing $1-million worth of damage. No one was injured in the blaze.
The call came in at 3:09 p.m. for the building at 4381 St. Jacques St. at the corner of Lacasse St.
The five-alarm blaze brought 100 firefighters and 36 vehicles.
The fire started on the second floor of the building housing a business on the first floor and living quarters above.
Twenty to 30 people from an apartment building adjacent to the fire were evacuated as a safety precaution, but the fire did not touch their building said Montreal Fire Department spokesperson Josée Gosselin.
A bus from the Red Cross was brought in to shelter the evacuees while they were put out of their homes.
At the height of the fire an ornamental turret on the roof of the building collapsed.
The fire was extinguished by 5:20 p.m. and the apartment dwellers were allowed back in shortly thereafter.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, Gosselin said.
Firefighters have been asked to preserve as best they can the exterior of the structure for its historical value.
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