1 person found dead, 6 others still missing from Old Montreal blaze
Montreal fire and police officials say one person has been found dead and six people remain missing after a fire swept through a building in Montreal’s historic district on Thursday.
In a news conference Sunday evening, officials confirmed that a body was recovered at 6:45 p.m., and has been taken to a forensic lab to be identified.Montreal fire operations chief Martin Guilbault says fire services began preparations Sunday morning to dismantle the second and third floors of the building in order to gain access to the fire scene.
Montreal police spokesman Constable Jean-Pierre Brabant had said earlier Sunday that seven people were still believed to be missing after the fire, which injured nine people.Earlier on Sunday, investigators surveyed the scene and took photos from a cherry picker crane before the rest of the building started to be dismantled.
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