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No charges three years after Old Montreal building fire kills seven people
Investigators found accelerant traces suggesting homicide, but no arrests have been made amid ongoing legal complexities and lawsuits involving the city and building owner.
- On March 16, 2026, Montreal police marked the third anniversary of the William-Watson-Ogilvie building fire with no charges filed, despite ongoing investigations.
- On March 16, 2023, police said traces of an accelerant were found at the scene of the fire that killed seven people in the William-Watson-Ogilvie building, six of whom stayed in illegal short-term rentals.
- Court documents named Denis Bégin as a suspect and Correctional Service Canada cites Montreal police testimony that he was filmed near the fire, but police have not publicly identified him.
- Families and injured people have filed lawsuits involving the City of Montreal, building owner, and victims' families as portraits were affixed and the criminal investigation remains ongoing.
- The victim's father filed a lawsuit, criticizing delays and saying 'three years, or almost a thousand days, is too much' in the unresolved case.
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Three years after his daughter and six other people died in the fire of a building in Old Montreal, Zafar Mahmood struggled to believe that the case had not yet been resolved.
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