Montreal police and firefighters are at the corner of Rene-Levesque and Saint-Mathieu at the scene of a fire that broke out Saturday afternoon.
It is the third major fire to erupt in the downtown area over the last 24 hours.
It was likely exterior construction debris that caught fire, according to firefighters.
On Twitter, residents of the 20-storey apartment complex said they were evacuated but have since returned to thier buildings.
My building is on fire :( firemen are here so hopefully it will be okay. pic.twitter.com/jhWh5JVbdi
— Anne ���� (@AnneLaur) July 14, 2018
No one will need to be relocalized.
Shortly after the first fire was brought under control, responders made their way to Pointe-St-Charles for another blaze that erupted on Ropery St.
According to Montreal police, there were extensive road closures in the area.
FIRE - Avoid the area : Ropery St. is closed between St-Patrick and St-Chalres St. Augustin-Cantin St. is closed between Charlevoix and Laprairie St. #SPVM in assistance to @MTL_SIM for traffic. #MtlTraffic ^RM
— Police Montréal (@SPVM) July 14, 2018
The area is now re-opened and traffic is circulating as usual.
Not much is known about the cause of the latter fire.
A firey Friday
On Friday afternoon a fire broke out on the roof of the 30-storey building owned by Bell on the corner of McGill College Ave. and Ste. Catherine St. downtown. It began around 4:30 p.m., and the cause is still under investigation.
A second fire broke out in Montreal Friday afternoon, this one at a McGill University building.
The four-alarm fire broke out in the 3rd floor library of the McIntyre Medical Building at the corner of Sir-William-Osler Way and Docteur-Penfield Ave. No one was injured, but the cause is still unclear.
