Work carried out during the day was obviously the cause of the fire which broke out at the end of the day, Tuesday, in the body shop of the Dubois et Frères dealership on avenue Saint-Louis in Plessisville. .
“Everything points in this direction,” said Wednesday afternoon, the director of the L’Érable Regional Fire Safety Service (SSIRÉ), Éric Boucher, after investigative work on the circumstances and causes of the fire. ‘fire.
The fire apparently started in a wall and crept up to the roof.
The SSIRÉ was alerted around 3:40 p.m. This major fire mobilized around fifty firefighters, including those from Princeville requested for mutual assistance.
The director of SSIRÉ also called on agents from the SIUCQ MRC of Arthabaska for the rehabilitation of firefighters who had to deal with oppressive heat.
Some were bothered by the heat and one was transported to the hospital due to heat stroke.
Despite the significant damage, which could amount to several hundred thousand dollars, business was able to resume operations in the rest of the building. Only the body shop was affected. Concrete fire walls have greatly helped the work of the firefighters.
