About 150 residents — including 73 at a senior home — were evacuated following a major fire at the old Saint-Paul church in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough early Monday morning.
According the Montreal Fire Department (SIM), a 911 call was made close to 2 a.m. about the five-alarm fire in the vacant building located near de l’Eglise Avenue and Laurendeau Street.
The fire had spread to a senior’s residence nearby. But, no one was injured.
Firefighters were still working at the scene.
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