At 11:58 a.m., the Granby Fire Safety Service received a building fire on rue Saint-André Ouest.
Arrived on site, the firefighters found that the fire was located on the second floor, where he would have taken on the balcony. The sappers then had the information that a person was missing.
“When the firefighters succeed in entering inside the building, in primary research, we recover a victim who is unconscious and we made the extraction of the person of the building,” explains Simon Boutin, director of the Granby fire service.
According to the Granby police service, it is a woman and she was taken care of by the ambulance service. She was transported to the hospital where we fear for her life.
The Red Cross on site
According to Mr. Boutin, the building is heavily damaged and a car in the parking lot was affected by the flames.
The victims of the first floor will be supported by the Red Cross and they will be relocated.
Living people nearby say they saw the start of the fire.
“I saw the Boucane and I went out to see. I wanted to water so I took out my hose», Mentions a neighbor.
A second neighbor believes that the situation was worrying when the fire started.
“I saw the fire over the other house, I told myself that I had to go out!” Anyway, the firefighters came to evacuate us. ”
According to him, there were propane cylinders on the balcony, which would possibly cause the fire.
“With the heat, they exploded,” he said. Witnesses have indeed reported to have heard a blast when the flames were born.
An investigation is underway to determine the exact circumstances of this fire.
Rue Saint-André Ouest, between the Cartier and Court streets, was closed to traffic during the intervention of the sappers.
