Old Montreal fire: 2 dead, others injured [Video]

At least two people are dead and others are injured after a fire ripped through a century-old building near Montreal’s City Hall, sources told Noovo Info.

The fire started on the ground floor in the wine bar at 400 Notre-Dame St. East near Bonsecours Street in Old Montreal. The cause of the fire remains unknown.

Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating the fire because it is considered suspicious.

At around 2:30 a.m. on Friday morning, Amanda Kozutsky was awoken from her stay in the building by a fire alarm.

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She rushed from the building unable to collect anything she brought with her.

“All of the belongings I brought with me were destroyed tonight in the fire,” she posted on X.

She said she booked the room on Airbnb.

Firefighters put out a blaze in Old Montreal on Oct. 4, 2024. (Cosmo Santamaria, CTV News)

According to the City of Montreal property records, the building was built in 1923 and …