Suspicious four-alarm fire in Pointe-aux-Trembles
CBC News
Posted: Mar 2, 2013 9:57 AM ET
Last Updated: Mar 2, 2013 10:36 AM ET
Montreal police are looking into what appears to be a suspicious fire.
Last night a four-alarm fire broke out in a mixed residential and commercial building on Notre-Dame Street E. in Pointe-aux-Trembles.
The blaze started in the building’s garage before spreading to the convenience store and apartments on the first and second floors, as well as a neighbouring home.
No one was injured, though four people are now homeless.
A firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation.
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