Old Montreal Fire

• Old Montreal fire: 2 charged with arson, second-degree murder

  The fire was the second deadly blaze in Old Montreal in less than two years, after seven people were killed in a March 2023 fire in a building that housed short-term rentals.

  Canada

  Oct 12, 2024
  
• These Montreal firefighters helped save 5 lives from deadly blaze: ‘It’s what we do’

  Five Montreal firefighters have received medals for their heroic response to the 2023 fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people.

  Canada

  Oct 11, 2024
  
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• Gunshots hit Montreal building owned by man with two other properties hit by deadly fires

  Montreal police arrested three people, including two teenagers, after gunshots were fired Tuesday night at a building owned by a man with two properties targeted by deadly fires.

  Crime

  Oct 9, 2024
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• Public inquiry ordered into Old Montreal fire that killed mom, daughter

  Quebec's chief coroner is launching a public inquiry into the deaths of a mother and daughter in a fire that ripped through a century-old building in Old Montreal last week.

  Crime

  Oct 8, 2024
• Mom and seven-year-old daughter from France killed in Old Montreal fire

  Authorities in Montreal say at least two people were killed in a major fire that ravaged a three-storey building in a historic part of the city.

  Fire

  Oct 5, 2024
• Police say ‘we expect deaths’ in major fire in Old Montreal, investigation launched

  Earlier in the day, police sources told Global News that two people died in the blaze in Old Montreal. Authorities would not publicly confirm those fatalities in their update.

  Fire

  Oct 4, 2024
• Most wanted: After 51 months on lam, Quebec inmate pleads guilty to escaping prison

  Denis Bégin was sentenced to 18 months in prison to be served concurrently with a life sentence that he is already serving for second-degree murder. 

  Crime

  Mar 21, 2024
• Court documents identify suspect in Old Montreal fatal fire, but no charges laid

  The suspect in a fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people in March 2023 admitted he was at the scene of the arson, but claims he wan't the one who set the building on fire.

  Crime

  Jan 19, 2024
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• Montreal police investigate major fire in unoccupied Old Port building

  A 2022 real estate brochure shows the building was put on the market with an asking price of $10 million and touted as a redevelopment opportunity.

  Fire

  Oct 28, 2023
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• Suspect in Old Montreal fire was escaped prisoner: report

  According to La Presse, the suspect in the Old Montreal that caused the deaths of seven people is a man who was illegally at large for four years after escaping prison.

  Canada

  Oct 26, 2023