62-year-old woman dead in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve apartment fire

A 62-year-old woman has died from smoke inhalation in a Hochelaga-Maisonneuve apartment fire early Thursday morning.

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Montreal firefighters received a call around 6:30 a.m. about a fire in a five unit three-storey building on Bourbonniere Street the city’s east end.

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“Two families were evacuated from the building, and nobody else was injured,” said Montreal fire department spokesperson Martin Vaillancourt.

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Montreal firefighters said that the fire started on the third floor but the exact cause is not yet known.