A seemingly accidental fire claimed the life of a 54-year-old man on Saturday in Drummondville, in the Centre-du-Québec region.
The flames had started in the morning, around 9 a.m., in an apartment building located on Marcel Street.
On the sidelines of their fight against the blaze, the emergency services found a victim in the apartment. Pierre Guilbault, a 54-year-old man, was transported to a hospital in critical condition. His death was finally confirmed in the evening, reported Sergeant Stéphane Tremblay, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec.
No criminal element seems to be involved. The hypothesis favored by the investigators to explain the fire is that of a cooking fire, specified Sergeant Tremblay.