More than a hundred Montreal firefighters battled a major fire in a residential building in downtown Montreal on Tuesday morning.
The fire department was called to the building, which houses shops on the ground floor and apartments above, at the intersection of Sainte-Catherine and Towers streets at 2 a.m.
Approximately 150 firefighters are responding to the fire. Firefighters evacuated and rescued the residents who were then taken in by the Red Cross.
The people inside were all able to get out safely, no injuries were reported.The building is heavily damaged by the flames that firefighters were still trying to control on Tuesday morning.
The building is an old structure, which complicates the firefighters’ work — it dates back to the 1900s.
The fire has resulted in ongoing outages in the area. People are being asked to avoid the scene as winds are causing the smoke to spread throughout the neighbourhood.
The occupants of the building will not be able to return due to the damage. The cause of the fire is not known at this time
—With files from The Canadian Press
