A violent fire affected a multi-unit building in Laval on Friday evening, in the Vimont sector. This is the second fire in a rental building in two days.
Posted at 8:36 p.m.
Around 8 p.m., three hours after a general alert was triggered for a declared fire in Laval, the city’s fire departments are still working to extinguish the flames.
The fire spread to a three-storey multi-unit building, located on rue Beaujolais, a small residential street where there are mainly apartment blocks.
PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK ASSOCIATION DES POMPIERS DE LAVAL
The fire spread to a three-storey multi-unit building, located on rue Beaujolais, a small residential street where there are mainly apartment blocks.
In photos shared by the Laval Firefighters Association, the apparent flames emerge from the roof of the building and a major deployment is underway to try to control them.
The area from Rue d’Orléans to Boulevard des Laurentides should be avoided.
On Thursday, another major fire was declared in another apartment building on boulevard de la Concorde Ouest, about 8 kilometers away, as reported by Courrier Laval. Four people found themselves on the street because of the blaze.