MONTREAL – Dozens of Verdun residents spent Christmas on the street after a fire ripped through a six-unit housing complex Friday evening.
At least 110 firefighters worked through the evening to battle the blaze that broke out at 191 1st Avenue, between Wellington Street and Lasalle Boulevard.
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Some 30 fire trucks were called to the scene of the four-alarm fire, shortly after 7:35 p.m.
According to Marwam Shedeed, spokesperson for the Montreal Fire Department, the blaze appeared to have started in a small locker on a third floor balcony.
No one was injured in the fire, but four adjoining buildings were evacuated as a precautionary measure and 50 people were re-located with the help of the Red Cross.
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Damages to the three-story apartment complex and adjoining buildings is evaluated at more than $500,000.
The cause of the blaze is still unknown but police have ruled out arson.
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