(Montreal) The bodies of two people were discovered in apartments in Montreal and Laval following fires.
A first fire broke out early Sunday morning in a residential building on avenue Papineau, near rue Bélanger, in the Montreal borough of Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie.
One person’s body was located in an apartment. His death was pronounced on the spot.
The blaze was quickly brought under control. The fire, the cause of which is unknown and the file has been transferred to the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM).
“No other injured were reported and the evacuated occupants were able to return to their homes,” said agent Véronique Comtois, SPVM media relations.
Cause of death unknown in Laval
Laval emergency services made the macabre discovery on Saturday evening after a person asked them to do a check because they were worried about a loved one.
The Service de po lice de Laval (SPL) indicated that they went to accommodation on Copernic Avenue at around 8:30 p.m. in the Laval-des-Rapides district.
“When the officers arrived at the apartment, there was a smell of smoke. They entered. And there were indications that there had been a fire in one of the rooms, ”Lieutenant Frédéric Jean of the SPL told The Canadian Press.
The police then called in the fire department and the building was evacuated for a few hours.
Emergency services found the body of the 43-year-old woman inside a bedroom.
“The cause of death is unknown,” said Lt. Jean. It is not known if she died before the fire or because of the fire. […] When firefighters arrived at the scene, the fire was already extinguished. He extinguished himself. ”
The police do not know when the fire took place because no neighbor had called the emergency room to report a fire.
The damage is only at the apartment
Again, the case was transferred to the Major Crimes Section to determine the exact causes of death.
With Mayssa Ferah, Press