It was 4:54 a.m. when 911 was notified of a fire in that residential area, located almost at the western end of Saint-Martin Boulevard, on the Sainte-Dorothée’s side.

Arriving at 4:57 a.m., the first of the nine units of Laval’s Fire and Safety Department required for the intervention (34 firefighters), had no trouble figuring out the magnitude of the situation.

At that time, flames were visible on the first two of the four floors of the building, in addition to reaching the rest of the structure and igniting some of the balconies.

Maneuvers in extreme cold

While the wind factor forced work to be done in a temperature of around minus 20 degrees, firefighters first completed the evacuation of the premises.

Meanwhile, help was requested from the Service de police de Laval (SPL), Hydro-Québec, the Société de transport de Laval (STL), and the City of Laval’s public works department.

The firefighters mainly concentrated their efforts on stopping the spread of the flames to the other floors and to the roof of the building, valued at $6 million, noting that the smoke detectors of the place were functional.

It was around 6:24 a.m. that firefighters brought the fire under control, but it caused damage summarily assessed at $300,000 for the building, and $100,000 for its contents.

Eight people will have to relocate following the fire. The investigation was transferred to the SPL, the firefighters having been unable to determine its origin 100 per cent.

However, the fire would have most likely started on the first floor.

Due to freezing weather conditions, a firefighter injured his ankle while executing his duties.

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The activity took place in collaboration with the Public safety research and innovation centre (RISC Centre).

“Bringing together many organizations that would be called upon to intervene and take decisions during a rail accident involving dangerous materials, the scenario for this exercise was developed on the basis of a very real risk on the territory,” said Claude Lussier, head of operations division of the Laval’s Fire and Safety Department.

The initiative aimed to enable participants to better prepare, practice and update their knowledge of response procedures for such a disaster.

“It was also an excellent opportunity to discuss with stakeholders from the different organizations, and share our knowledge,” Lussier added.

Many Goals

The main goal of that exercise was to allow Laval’s emergency responders and main partners to practice managing a disaster occurring on the territory.

It also consisted of practicing the alert and the mobilization of the various services involved in the management of a major disaster, without forgetting to allow stakeholders from different departments to practice coordinating such an situation.

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The scene occurred around 4:16 p.m., time of the 911 call, yesterday afternoon, in the busy sector of Laval-des-Rapides.

An 81-year-old man, with a 54-year-old passenger by his side, was trying to park his car at the supermarket.

Wanting to position himself to immobilize his car in a parking space, the man first backed into a car, already parked behind him, and inside which was a lady.

In panic, the driver then made a turn, and pressed the accelerator, hitting a 41-year-old woman who was on the road.

She ended up on her hood, while the 81-year-old man then hit two other vehicles, as well as a 68-year-old person. He then hit the two posts installed in front of the main entrance to the business.

It propelled the 41-year-old woman to the ground, the latter finding herself in an unfortunate position, partially lying under the engine block of the vehicle, which then smashed the front doors in its tracks.

Intervention

Arriving on site at 4:20 p.m., barely four minutes after the 911 call, the eight firefighters required for the intervention, two units from Laval’s Fire and Safety Department, quickly gave first aid to the victim.

In addition to experiencing severe nervous shock, the victim suffered very serious arm fractures, and facial lacerations.

After stabilizing the victim, firefighters were able to hand her over quickly, at 4:23 p.m., to the Urgences-santé paramedics, so that she could be transported to a hospital. Luckily, her condition remains stable.

As for the other two people injured, they were both treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The scene was then entrusted to officers from the Service de police de Laval (SPL), to investigate the circumstances of that spectacular accident.

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The first fire took place on Nov. 7. Around 4:40 a.m., two suspects showed up in the parking lot of 965 Curé-Labelle Boulevard. They tried to set fire to the business, by throwing an object against the window, but without success.

However, they caused a fire on the flowerbeds, before fleeing on foot.

This time, the suspect is a six-foot man, who weighs 72.6 kg. He wore black pants with three white stripes down the sides, including a small red tag above the them. He was also wearing a black hoodie, a black coat with a white logo on the front left side, and black gloves.

Anyone with information concerning those suspects or those fires can communicate, confidentially, on the Laval police info line, at 450-662-INFO (4636) or 911, mentioning files LVL-221107-009 and LVL-221108-004. (N.P.)

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It was 5:49 p.m. when 911 was told a fire had just broken out in the sector of Sainte-Dorothée, located just south of boulevard Notre-Dame.

When arriving on the scene 5 minutes later, the first of the twenty firefighters called quickly spotted the apparent flames at the back of this two-storey residential building.

While completing the evacuation of the house, firefighters began an aggressive attack on the fire, which had spread from the exterior wall of the first floor to the roof.

Luckily, the smoke alarm was functional, while the assistance of the Service de police de Laval (SPL) and Urgences-santé was requested as a precautionary measure.

Firefighters finally took control of the fire at 6:53 p.m., after having tried to protect the property as much as possible.

The fire nevertheless resulted in damages estimated at $250,000 for the house, and $50,000 for its content.

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