(Boucherville) During the night of Thursday to Friday, a fire in a residence seriously injured a man in Boucherville, reports the Longueuil Agglomeration Police Service (SPAL).
The fire, reported to 9-1-1 around 2:20 a.m., took place in a residence on rue de la Perrière Sud, in Boucherville, in Montérégie. The firefighters requested assistance from the SPAL for this intervention due to injuries.
A man in his sixties, seriously injured, had to be evacuated to a hospital, where doctors feared for his life.
A second victim, a man in his twenties, was also treated, but was simply inconvenienced by the smoke.
A security perimeter has been erected around the area and SPAL investigators must go to the scene to provide details on the nature and circumstances of this fire.