Dozens of people are without a home after a seniors’ residence was destroyed by fire in Quebec’s Bas-Saint-Laurent region early Sunday morning.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police say the fire was first reported around 2 a.m. in the building in Trois-Pistoles, some 250 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
Sgt. Beatrice Dorsainville says all of the 70 or so residents were evacuated safely and none were injured.
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However, they will not be able to return to their units, and officials are currently looking for other places to house them.
A police investigation is underway and experts have been sent to the scene in order to determine the origins of the blaze.
Police say they aren’t excluding the possibility of arson.