Three people were injured in an explosion and fire in a residential building Monday afternoon on Montreal’s south shore.
The Longueuil fire department says two children and a man in his 50s were taken to hospital. Authorities were alerted around 3:30 p.m.
The cause of the incident at the residence on Briggs Street is not yet known and it is still too early to determine according to officials.
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The fire department says the situation was under control as of 5:30 p.m. and that 35 firefighters were called to the scene.
Longueuil police say fire officials are handling the case for now.
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