A fire at a residential building in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, just southwest of Montreal, on Wednesday evening has claimed the lives of three people.
Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at around 6 p.m. at a building on rue Ellice where they found two women in their 50s and a man in his 70s, all unconscious.
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All three people were taken to hospital where they later died.
The cause of the fire is unknown and Surete Du Quebec said it is investigating the fire.
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The fatal fire comes the same week another major fire at a Montreal apartment complex killed one and sent four others to hospital.
–with files from Alessia Maratta, Global News
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