This morning, investigators and fire scene experts from the Sûreté du Québec are on the scene of the major fire that occurred yesterday on 120th Street in St-Georges.
The Sureté du Québec indicates that two people, a fifty-year-old and a sixty-year-old, are missing.
The cause of the fire is currently unknown. The SQ indicates that all hypotheses are considered.
Remember that yesterday, an explosion was heard and when the first teams arrived on site, the fire completely destroyed the residence.
It was nothing more or less than a ball of fire..
In addition, due to the explosion which preceded the fire, debris was found all over the road, some found nearly 400 meters from the residence, an entire door was found missing. ‘other side of the street.
The building collapsed shortly after firefighters arrived.
Faced with the situation, firefighters had to intervene in defensive mode to protect neighboring buildings. There was also an initial fire in the structure of the Venture company building, located across the street. Hydro-Québec cut power in the area. Thousands of subscribers were deprived of power for a certain period of time, allowing Hydro-Québec teams to isolate the building in question with electricity and restore the network to functionality.
The fire department had to call in an excavator to complete the extinction.
The investigation continues, and at the time of writing, the missing persons have still not been found.
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