One is useless and two injured after a constructing partially collapsed in Montreal on Saturday.
A person’s physique was found within the rubble hours after the preliminary occasion.
Firefighters have been referred to as round 3:50 p.m. to the constructing on Rolland Boulevard and Pascal Avenue, within the Montreal North borough.
In line with the hearth division (SIM), a concrete flooring slab on the primary degree collapsed on the entrance of the constructing.
Two males have been found within the basement by rescuers and rushed to hospital.
The third man was discovered round 10:15 p.m.
“Sadly, a person was discovered underneath the particles and was pronounced useless by the Urgences-santé paramedics on website,” mentioned Marie-Ève Beausoleil of the SIM.
The fireplace division mentioned he was doubtless an worker working at one of many outlets on the primary flooring.
The reason for the collapse is unclear, authorities say. Montreal firefighters advised CTV there was a hearth within the three-storey constructing throughout the final two years, and renovation work was underway.
The constructing is mixed-use, with companies occupying the primary flooring, and residences on the higher two ranges.
Different occupants of the constructing have been safely evacuated.
Investigations by the coroner and Quebec’s office security board are underway.
With recordsdata from The Canadian Press.