A fire in the South Shore has left two families homeless.
The blaze broke out around 1:30 a.m. near Sir-Wilfred-Laurier Boulevard in Saint-Hubert.
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Forty firefighters battled the blaze, but it wasn’t enough to save two mobile homes from the fire.
The Longueuil fire department says three people were evacuated from one home — the owners of the second mobile home were not present.
READ MORE: 3 firefighters, 1 police officer injured fighting Saint-Hubert fire
The heat from the fire that broke out at one mobile home, caused a fire to start at the second, neighbouring home.
The cause of the fire is still unknown, but firefighters believe it could have been one of two factors — either an electrical issue or a cigarette.
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