Montreal metro users saw their commute disrupted Thursday afternoon by an “irritant gas,” forcing the “invocation of an emergency ventilation protocol,” according to the Société de Transporte de Montréal.
The presence of the gas was detected at 6:10 p.m., says Catherine Roux Crolio, director of corporate communications and public affairs at the Société de Transporte de Montréal (STM). An emergency ventilation protocol was then initiated.
Rafael Bergeron, Public Relations Agent of the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), notes that a person may have used the irritant gas, possibly pepper spray, at the Perry-Yuquam station. A measure was later used to prevent the gas from spreading through the metro’s ventilation system, he said.
Service disruptions occurred across much of the Montreal Metro network, including the Orange Line between Beaubien and Lionel-Groulx stations, the Green Line between Viau and Lionel-Groulx, and Berri-UQAM and the Yellow Line. In Langu.
“Some stations have been evacuated”, and Mme Roux Groleau by email.
However, this phenomenon was short-lived. Metro was able to resume operation at 6:34 p.m., 24 minutes after the protocol began.
SPVM has not reported any injuries related to this situation. “There may have been minor inconveniences, but nothing major was reported,” Agent Bergeron said. “According to the information I got, he was not injured,” says Mme Roux Groleau.
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