A mother and her seven-year-old daughter from France were killed in a fire that ravaged a century-old building in Old Montreal early Friday morning – a blaze that major crimes detectives and the arson squad are investigating as “suspicious.”
Montreal police insp. David Shane identified the victims as 43-year-old Léonor Geraudie and seven-year-old Vérane Reynaud Geraudie at a Saturday afternoon news conference held a block away from the site of the blaze.
He offered no details about the victims besides their names.
“We’d like to express our most sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of these victims,” said Shane.The other 23 people believed to be in the building when the fire broke out all made it out, with one person remaining in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, Shane said.
“For the moment, there is no indication of additional victims,” the inspector said.
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Friday’s fire started just before 2:40 a.m. …