A woman in her 20s is dead after a fire tore through a bar early Sunday morning in the small town of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, some 115 km east of Montreal, in Quebec’s Lanaudière region.
The blaze broke out at around 3:30 a.m. at the resto-bar 239, located on Parc Avenue.
Firefighters discovered the woman inside the building and attempted to revive her. Their efforts were unsuccessful.
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The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
Damage estimates to the building have yet to be determined.
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