More than 150 firefighters are trying to extinguish the flames at a major fire in Montreal’s Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough.
Fire department says 37 evacuated, 1 firefighter injured
More than 150 firefighters were deployed to extinguish the flames at a shelter in Montreal’s Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough Monday morning.
The five-alarm fire broke out around 8:30 a.m., said Matthew Griffith, the fire department’s section chief. He said it started on the first floor before spreading to the shelter’s second storey.
The Red Cross is now caring for the 37 people who were evacuated from the building, though none were injured. Griffith says one firefighter is being treated for a minor arm injury.
Griffith says the fire has been difficult to get under control.
“It’s a stubborn fire for us right now. We’re still in the extinguishing phase of the intervention,” he said.
The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.
With files from Elias Abboud