Flames Engulf Historic Montreal Church, Spread To Retirement Home Next Door - Beritaja

A historical religion successful Montreal has been mislaid aft a awesome occurrence erupted astatine the building.

The century-old Saint-Paul Catholic Church successful the Sud-Ouest borough burned to the crushed early Monday morning, pinch plumes of fume still billowing from the rubble.

A five-alarm occurrence was reported conscionable aft 1:30 a.m., pinch flames lighting up the sky.

According to Montreal occurrence crews, nary 1 was injured during the incident but owed to trouble containing the blaze, a neighbouring status location was evacuated arsenic flames besides dispersed to the building.

The Canadian Red Cross says about 150 residents from the area were taken into care. Among those evacuated were 73 group from the status home, which had been converted from the church’s erstwhile rectory.

The religion has been vacant for years, but was still considered a staple of the organization since it was built successful 1910. It is portion of a practice tract comprised of a fewer buildings successful the area.

The grade of the harm to the religion is being assessed by occurrence officials. An investigation is besides underway into the origin of the occurrence and wherever it started.

— With a record from BERITAJA’ Brayden Jagger Haines and BERITAJA