“It wakes up stiff,” said the owner, Marie-Ève Boisclair, whose spouse was going to make the train quickly when he realized that a fire had just declared himself in the small agricultural building.
She also underlined the rapid arrival of the firefighters who managed to contain the flames in less than half an hour, thus avoiding a spread on the neighbor’s farm where a dairy production is located.
As there was still old hay of the former owner in the attic, the blaze was intense from the start, quickly causing the collapse of the roof. “It didn’t help. It is not as if it was a barn full of hay, but there was still a little in the building, “says the director of the fire service, Luc Desmarais.
“It went up strong at first, but the time that we settle down and that we put the attack quickly, it remained in the same building,” added Luc Desmarais who estimated the number of firefighters who answered the call.
These were able to secure part of the building, which allowed the rescue of a sow and its piglets. A pork that had saved had been caught up in neighbors.
The other animals there had had time to go out. Chickens were walking on the ground at the time of the passage of Novelistand some even came to drink in the water hole left by the firefighters.
All the animals there were, including geese and sheep, were able to be relocated. They had also not suffered any inconvenience caused by smoke, according to what the director of the fire department, Luc Desmarais, was reported during the results of the operation which ended at dinner time.
The mother pointed out that her three -year -old boy was very upset to see firefighters arrive at his home. “He went to dress in a firefighter and they gave him a hat,” she said, still a little sounded by the events.
The cause of the fire was still to be determined when writing these lines. This would be of electrical origin. On site, there was a lamp for chicks that could have heated.
The fire caused a hindrance on Route 261 between Chemin des Bouvreuils and Chemin des Épinettes, causing a detour of almost 30 kilometers in the sector.
