The arson squad is investigating after a residential fire in Montreal’s Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough claimed the life of a 64-year-old woman.
The fire broke out in an apartment building on Elgin Street near Orchard Street Tuesday morning.
Firefighters were called to the six-unit building at around 9:45 a.m., with Montreal police in assistance.
Montreal police spokesperson Véronique Dubuc said firefighters found the woman inside the unit where the fire started.
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She was rushed to hospital where she later died.
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Dubuc said the building was evacuated and there were no other reports of injury.
“The fire was limited to that unit,” she said.
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The file was transferred to Montreal police, who investigate whenever there is a fatality.
Dubuc specified, however, that the fire did not appear to be criminal.
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