The firefighters of the fire service in the city of Saint-Hyacinthe intervened in force this afternoon in order to fight a fire that declared itself in a house building in rue Morison. The general alert was struck shortly afternoon 45. A fryer fire could be the cause of the incident, according to the information obtained by the mail. The entire building, which has twelve dwellings, has been evacuated and the tenants were taken care of by the Red Cross. We do not know their number for the moment, and fortunately have no injuries. Hydro-Québec has taken a power outage in the sector. No less than 2133 customers were assigned. Damage promises to be considerable. Firefighters from Saint-Pie, the Intermunicipal Régie de Fire Protective in the North of Maskoutains and Saint-Damase were called in mutual aid. The intervention was still continuing at 3 p.m. The two-story building is estimated at $ 986,900 according to the 2025 evaluation role in the city of Saint-Hyacinthe.
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