An apartment building is engulfed in flames in Trois-Rivières

A fire broke out in an apartment building on rue Laviolette, in the Saint-François-d’Assise district of Trois-Rivières, Tuesday afternoon. The Ville de Trois-Rivières firefighters received the call around 2:30 p.m.

When firefighters arrived, flames were already visible on the roof of the building. The Fire Safety Department of the City of Trois-Rivières indicates that the fire started at the rear of the building.

It is a building with six apartments. Residents in the area were all evacuated.

No one was injured, according to the director of the Fire Safety Service of the City of Trois-Rivières, Dany Cloutier.

Around fifty firefighters battled the flames.

By mid-afternoon, a large plume of smoke was visible several kilometers from the fire.

According to Dany Cloutier, one of the challenges was to ensure that the fire did not cross into other adjacent buildings. Only the siding of the building located directly to the left of the fire was damaged.

Dany Cloutier adds that it is still too early to comment on the extent of the damage inflicted on the building.

The investigation into the cause of the fire has not yet begun. There is still a lot of work to be donementions Dany Cloutier.