IN IMAGES: A Fire Throws Three Families on the Street in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

A fire was declared on Wednesday, 28 May, at around 1:45 p.m. in a fifteen-storey building located on Rue d'Alembert, in the Argonne residence district of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne). The fire started with a flaming mattress on the 11th floor landing, learned Current Police Source Values. The flames quickly spread, complicating firefighters' intervention, notably due to dry columns out of service, degraded or stolen.86 people evacuated, three hospita…

A fire broke out at the beginning of the afternoon on Wednesday in a residence in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district in Montreal.