The candidate for town hall Soraya Martinez Ferrada asks the Plant Administration to immediately clean the ruins left by a major fire that occurred a month ago in the middle of the shows.
Posted at 2:33 p.m.
The blaze of April 7 led to the complete destruction of the 1595 boulevard Saint-Laurent, as well as major damage to 1601 boulevard Saint-Laurent.
Wednesday, Mme Martinez Ferrada said it was inconceivable that the ruins of the fire still litter the ground a month later. It requires the demolition of the still standing building, which would pose a risk of collapse and which forces the partial closure of Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
Photo Hugo-Sébastien Aubert, the press archives
candidate for the town hall of Montreal
“The city has strong and exceptional powers to ensure that this kind of situation does not continue,” said the former federal elected official. “If I were mayor […] This situation would be intolerable. »»
We are in a blatant public security problem.
-candidate for the town hall of Montreal
The fire of April 7 was the third to occur in the same pâté de houses for 18 months. One of them would have started in the kitchen of a restaurant, but the other two would be linked to the presence of squatters in vacant shops. The debris of a fire in the spring of 2024 had also been abandoned for several weeks before being collected.
The owner of the 1595 boulevard Saint-Laurent is Hsueh Ching Lu. The press could not join her.
The 1601 Boulevard Saint-Laurent belongs to the businessman Arvind Soni. Joint by The press In his Indiform carpet trade in Ville Mont-Royal, Mr. Soni quickly hung up the line by promising to recall. He didn’t do it immediately.
Insecurity
Wednesday, merchants in the immediate sector affected by fires said they discouraged by the situation and the insecurity that reigns due to roaming.
Maxime Richard, co -owner of the Pista Café located nearby, is not sure to reopen his business one day. This has been closed from the fire, due to the damage caused by water.
“In the past six years, we have witnessed a fairly intolerable degradation. We are not proud, ”he said. “It can’t just come from merchants to revalue commercial streets. Richard reported that only in the past two weeks, his premises have been the victim of 12 entry attempts requiring police intervention. “The city abandons this street,” he said, referring to his section on Boulevard Saint-Laurent.
Augustin Rizq, owner of the grapefruit bar, is also exasperated. The risks of collapse caused by the fire prevent him from opening his terrace. “People pride themselves on,” smoke crack and the police do absolutely nothing. She just makes them tell them to circulate, “he denounced, directly binding fires to the presence of itinerants. “You have to secure vacant buildings. »»
