Fire damages popular Portuguese restaurant in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood

Ma Poule Mouillée, a popular Portuguese rotisserie on Rachel Street in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough, sustained significant damage after a fire Friday night.

Ian Ritchie, chief of operations with the Montreal Fire Department, said the one-alarm blaze started inside a kitchen hood.

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Ritchie said the fire spread to the chimney and then the roof, forcing firefighters to open up the walls on the second floor in order to tackle the blaze.

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There were people eating inside the restaurant at the time, but the building was safely evacuated.

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A family living on the second floor of the two-storey building has been relocated.