A residential building in Saint-Thérèse is engulfed in flames

A residential building in Saint-Thérèse is engulfed in flames

A large fire broke out in a 12-unit residential building on Saint-Jacques Street West in Saint-Thérèse around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Thierry Laforce / QMI Agency

After receiving several calls from concerned citizens, the Saint-Thérese fire department quickly triggered a public alarm, which mobilized about sixty firefighters.

Sappers from the fire stations of Boisbriand, Blainville, Mirabel, Saint-Eustache, Terrebonne and Deux-Montagnes were called in to reinforce the staff of the Saint-Thérèse fire protection service.

“At the moment, we do not know the cause of the fire, said Mathieu Lacombe, head of operations of the Saint-Thérèse fire protection service. Our investigators are on their way.

However, Mathieu Lacombe pointed out that the fire would have started on the third floor before spreading rapidly. A video posted on the Caserne Sainte-Thérèse Facebook page shows flames coming from the third-floor balcony of the residential building.

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Drivers on Highway 640 saw flames and smoke.

“It’s a building that’s difficult to access because of its configuration, and that complicates the work of firefighters,” said Matthew Lacombe. […] There was an exodus. We have no reports of injured or missing people, but we have no confirmation to the contrary.

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About an hour after the intervention, firefighters are yet to bring the fire under control.

Thierry Laforce / QMI Agency

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