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Flames escaping from the ground floor were seen from the street.
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Posted at 8:16 a.m. ESTUpdated at 10:09 a.m. EST
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The building of the former Maison Sainte-Claire, located on Boulevard du Saint-Maurice in Trois-Rivières, was engulfed in flames on Wednesday. A 55-year-old man died in the fire.
Firefighters were dispatched around 7 a.m. to the scene of the fire, when bright flames were escaping from the ground floor of the building and were visible from the street. Damage from the fire appears to have been limited to the interior of the building.
Firefighters are still investigating to find the cause of the fire.
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The exterior of the building was lightly affected by the flames.
Photo : - / Patrick Evans
Trois-Rivières police announced that the fire was fatal. The victim is a 55-year-old man who was reportedly found unresponsive by firefighters in a room on the second floor of the building above the room on the first floor where the fire was raging. He had been taken to hospital.
The police officers monitored the flow of traffic in the area in the morning.
Vehicle traffic in the area is also significantly slowed down according to the interactive map from the Ministry of Transport.
The building is next to the Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Allégresses church which was destroyed by fire in October.
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The numerous emergency vehicles affected traffic in the area.
Photo : - / Patrick Evans
Another fire took place in the same area late Tuesday.
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