Firefighters were called in to save people after a late-night cooking fire spread through a rooming house in downtown Montreal.
Residents of the building on de Bullion St. were injured trying to escape after the fire in the ground-floor apartment spread.
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Smoke alarms and the building's fire alarm system limited the damage.
At least one person was injured by jumping from a window.
“The alarm system goes on, but (the man) stayed in the apartment. So in a couple of minutes, he had no choice, he had to go out from his apartment. And he chose to jump out from the third floor,” said Montreal firefighter Benoit Martel.
Another was injured on broken glass and three others were transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation.
Two people had to be rescued by the fire department.
An unnamed witness described a dramatic scene.
“I heard many windows being broken. Then I went out and looked outside, and I saw many firemen and policeman, and there was a man was lying on the ground and not moving,” said one witness.
The burned-up building is located at 1235 de Bullion St. between Saint-Catherine St. and René-Lévesque Blvd.
Firefighters are reminding people that when they hear a smoke alarm, don't hesitate -- get out of the building.
