Five-alarm fire destroys condo under construction
A five-alarm fire destroyed a condo under construction early Sunday in the Plateau, at the corner of St‑Dominique and Napoléon. Nobody was hurt despite the drama of the scene. Good photo on Reddit.
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Ian 10:04 on 2022-10-02 Permalink
Lots of crazy footage on IG too. Amazing nobody got hurt and the fire was contained.
Patrick 14:05 on 2022-10-02 Permalink
Hum… , it seems sketchy that a fire would break out in the middle of the night…
I don’t live in the neighborhood, but I passed in front on bicycle at the beginning of summer (I would say June) and then again in September and construction seemed to have stalled.
Even the Google Street view shows that it was supposed to have been completed this summer.
CE 15:02 on 2022-10-02 Permalink
I lived around Rosemont metro about 10 years ago. There were dozens of condo buildings going up in the area on both sides of the tracks. Over the course of a few months, I saw 3 different fires in buildings that were under construction (including one that caused a pretty loud explosion). Either these types of construction sites are prone of catching fire, or something else is going on.
Kate 17:45 on 2022-10-02 Permalink
CE, I thought of that too. In the 20 years I’ve been doing this blog, I’ve seen reports from time to time of condos under construction (or buildings undergoing transformation) going up in flames, usually in the older parts of town.
If someone is doing this, they’ve been scrupulous not to get anyone hurt, because these buildings usually burn when nobody is on site, but nobody’s living there yet.
Meezly 09:55 on 2022-10-03 Permalink
My neighbour was telling me about that fire later that morning as we chatted about the recent crazy things that’ve been happening in our hood. This was while I was hosing down the horrific mess left after a random person defecated in my front yard, which I had the traumatic misfortune of witnessing.
Joey 13:36 on 2022-10-03 Permalink
@Meezly you can add ‘someone broke into an SUV in the middle of the night’ to your list…