A special mass of solidarity will be celebrated Sunday morning at the church of Saint-Roch-de-l’Achigan, in Lanaudière, where three people have been missing since a violent explosion last Thursday.
Research is continuing at the Propane Lafortune site, where a powerful explosion caused a violent fire and the collapse of the roof while people were inside Thursday, around 11:15 a.m.
The weather conditions and the state of the place complicate the search to find the missing people in the rubble, two employees and a subcontractor of the company, according to Isabelle Lafortune of the family business established in this small municipality of 5,725 inhabitants. .
The explosion and fire that ravaged the propane sales and distribution business had initially forced evacuations within a radius of about 1 km.
A support cell had been set up in the basement of the church, where citizens evacuated from around fifty residences were able to find refuge for several hours.
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