Fire in Quebec suburb engulfs apartment building leaving woman in critical condition – Montreal | 24CA News
A girl is in hospital in vital situation after a hearth engulfed an house constructing within the Montreal off-island suburb of Saint-Eustache, Que.
Sebastien Laplante, director of the municipality’s Fire Safety Department, says the lady is presently in intensive care and two others have additionally been hospitalized after the blaze.
Officials say a complete of 18 households needed to be evacuated from the multi-dwelling constructing on Hector-Lanthier Street, together with a father and his two younger youngsters that had been trapped on their balcony and wanted assist from firefighters to flee.
They say the fireplace began on the second flooring within the early morning and unfold all the way in which to the roof attributable to excessive winds earlier than being extinguished round 10 a.m.
The reason for the fireplace has not been decided, however Laplante says an investigation is underway.
Local police and several other fireplace crews from neighbouring municipalities responded to the scene, and the Red Cross additionally assisted by offering households with clothes and shelter.
