One person is dead and four others were hospitalized, including one firefighter, after a fire ripped through an apartment building in Montreal’s east end on Tuesday.
More than 125 firefighters were called at 10 a.m. to control the four-alarm blaze at the intersection of Place d’Antioche and Saint-Zotique Street, in the city’s Anjou borough.
Montreal police (SPVM) spokesperson Mariane Allaire Morin told Global emergency services were called to the scene after multiple 911 calls were made.
According to Allaire Morin, the firefighter was transported to hospital for “preventative measures.”
Two others were brought to hospital in serious condition where one of them, a woman in her late 70s, later died.
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Officials say the cause of the fire remains unknown.
The whole building was evacuated and the damage to the structure is significant.
The Red Cross has confirmed it will help to temporarily house a potential 30 families or more that have been displaced by the fire.
The SPVM has taken over the investigation.
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