Montreal police are investigating after a man was critically injured in a fire in the city’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough.
The fire broke out in a residential building on St-Urbain Street near Marianne Street shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant.
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Firefighters found the unconscious 29-year-old man inside the building. He was taken to hospital, where he remains in critical condition.
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Brabant said the fire department was unable to determine the cause of the fire.
The investigation has since been transferred to the police force’s arson squad.
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