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.
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 …