This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI
The Laval Fire Department (SSIL) is continuing its investigation into the possible accidental cause of a major fire in a house containing two dwellings, on Principale Street in Sainte-Dorothée.
So far, the possibilities of a poorly discarded smoking article or an electrical defect are still being considered.
The incident occurred on the morning of Thursday, June 12, with 911 being alerted at around 10:28 a.m., and the first of 9 units requested by the SSIL for the intervention—30 firefighters—arriving on scene just 2 minutes later.
At that moment, the fire was already raging in an extension and the rear terrace of this aging residential building located just west of Hôtel-de-Ville Boulevard.
While some firefighters were completing the evacuation of the building’s occupants, their colleagues quickly extinguished the flames, thus preventing the fire from spreading to the rest of this two-storey home that includes two dwellings.
At exactly 11:48 a.m., the firefighters fully brought the situation under control, which required support from the Laval Police Department, Hydro-Québec, and Urgences-santé.
Four people will need to find temporary housing after this fire, which caused estimated damages of approximately 100,000 $ to the building’s structure and 60,000 $ to its contents.
Following this fire, the SSIL reminds Laval residents that any residential building in the region built before 1985 must now be equipped with a smoke detector powered by a non-removable 10-year lithium battery.
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