PAT apartments evacuated after fire at neighbouring construction site

Several apartment units in Pointe-Aux-Trembles were evacuated early Friday after a fire started at a construction site near 4th Avenue and Notre-Dame Street.

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Flames reached the neighbouring building which housed several residences above a depanneur around 1 a.m.

“About a dozen people were rescued from the building,” said Montreal police spokesperson Raphael Bergeron. “Nobody was injured.”

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Montreal police arson squad was asked to investigate.