Eight people, including four children, were seriously burned in Saint-Constant, in Montérégie. We are not worried about their lives, according to the paramedics.
Six ambulances were deployed shortly after 10 p.m., in a residential area of Saint-Constant, according to the Cooperative of Ambulance Technicians of Montérégie (CETAM)
The victims suffered burns to bothe and 3e degrees. The eight people remained “alert” and “oriented”, according to paramedics.
“There still remains the aspect of the respiratory tract which worries us, but from the outset, we are not worried about their lives,” declared Patrick Jasmin of CETAM.
Although the details of the accident remain unclear, it could have been an explosion. However, it is not a residential fire.