Montreal fireplace division says a fireplace that swept by means of a heritage property within the metropolis’s downtown core was introduced underneath management on Saturday, greater than 24 hours after it started.
The fireplace broke out late Thursday afternoon on the Monastère du Bon Pasteur, a nineteenth century former monastery, and shortly grew to become a five-alarm blaze requiring the intervention of 150 firefighters.
Firefighters reply to a five-alarm fireplace on the former Monastere du Bon Pasteur, a nineteenth century heritage constructing on Friday May 26, 2023 in Montreal.
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They spent greater than 24 hours battling the hearth, which was troublesome to tame due to the development and supplies used within the constructing.
An investigation into the trigger is about to start on Monday and the complete extent of the injury is unknown.
Firefighters are nonetheless on web site at this time to make sure a brand new fireplace doesn’t begin, and authorities are additionally inspecting the constructing to see whether or not it’s protected to enter.
The monastery was in-built 1846 and maintained its non secular vocation till the Nineteen Sixties. Quebec formally acknowledged It as a heritage web site in 1979 and it now serves as a blended use constructing that features a residence for seniors, a housing cooperative, a daycare centre and condominiums.
The chapel, positioned within the centre of the complicated, is now a live performance corridor and town calls it one in every of its most prestigious venues, recognized for distinctive acoustics in a historic and intimate environment.
