Five-alarm fire tears through a vacant church in the Sud-Ouest

A five-alarm fire tore through a vacant church and neighbouring seniors’ home in the city’s Sud-Ouest borough early Monday. The fire broke out at about 1:40 a.m. in the vacant St. Paul’s Catholic Church on De l’Église St. near Laurendeau St. and spread to a neighbouring seniors’ residence. Nearly 150 people — more than 70 of them from the seniors’ residence — were evacuated from the area. Videos via Pierre-Olivier Jetté and Denis Bondoux.