1 dead, 2 injured after partial building collapse in Montreal
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One is dead and two injured after a building partially collapsed in Montreal on Saturday. A man's body was discovered in the rubble hours after the initial event.
One is dead and two injured after a building partially collapsed in Montreal on Saturday.
A man's body was discovered in the rubble hours after the initial event.
Firefighters were called around 3:50 p.m. to the building on Rolland Boulevard and Pascal Street, in the Montreal North borough.
According to the fire department (SIM), a concrete floor slab on the first level collapsed at the front of the building.
Two men were discovered in the basement by rescuers and rushed to hospital.
The third man was found around 10:15 p.m.
"Unfortunately, a man was found under the debris and was pronounced dead by the Urgences-santé paramedics on site," said Marie-Ève Beausoleil of the SIM.
