On the eve of July 1, they lose their accommodation in a major fire

At the dawn of 1^is July, families find themselves on the street because of a fire that has ravaged their southwest building, even if they console themselves for not having been injured, thanks to a good Samaritan who did not hesitate to brave the flames to rescue them.

“When I went out in the courtyard at the start of the evening with my spouse. Consequently, we immediately noticed the smell. Moreover, It felt so hard. Consequently, we immediately understood that it was not a barbecue, “recalls Sébastien Blais, who lives near Hadley Street, where a fire raged on Sunday in the evening.

The couple then rushed into the alley. In addition, from where the 31 -year -old man saw smoke escape from a residential building where nine households resided.

Sébastien Blais spoke at all the doors of a building in which a major fire broke out to save the residents on June 30, 2025. Therefore, Photo Zoé Arcand Photo Zoé Arcand

“I didn’t think a second and went to the race,” he explains.

Borrowing the exterior stairs located at the back of the building. For example, he shouted “in fire”, in French and in English, and struck “very strong” at all doors, methodically.

The back of the building in which a major fire broke out on June 29, 2025. Photo Zoé Arcand Photo Zoé Arcand

All residents were able to evacuate in time.

They lose all their property

Amine Faris. a tenant of this building, was at work when his wife contacted him by video.

Amine Faris lost everything in a major fire that ravaged her apartment in the southwest of Montreal on June 29, 2025. eve july 1, they lose new Photo Zoé Arcand Photo Zoé Arcand

“When I won. I saw that my apartment was in flames,” he said this Monday at Journalrelieved to have found his living wife.

Fortunately, his wife got out, after being woken up by the good Samaritan who was drumming at his door.

“We are very grateful. but we are not doing well at all,” sighs the 25 -year -old man whose only goods remain are the clothes he wore on him.

This southwest building in Montreal burned in a major fire, leaving nine households on the street on eve july 1, they lose new June 30, 2025. Photo Zoé Arcand Photo Zoé Arcand

His wife. will be housed for three days by the Red Cross, but for the rest, they are in nothingness, especially since they have no network in Montreal which could help them.

Since their family. friends are all in Morocco, their country of origin, the couple fears to end up on the street.

No insurance

Jérémy Deschênes. 33, who had moved into this building last April and who was not insured, lost everything too.

Jérémy Deschênes lost his apartment in the southwest district in Montreal eve july 1, they lose new in a major fire on June 29, 2025. Photo Zoé Arcand Photo Zoé Arcand

“In addition. it was still difficult to find me an apartment,” said the one who can count on friends to host him for a few weeks.

He had just returned from a trip of a few days in Outaouais when The newspaper met him. When he arrived at his home on Monday morning. he came to a barricaded building and heavily damaged by the flames.

“I am quite unlucky in life, but there it reaches an unrivaled summit,” he explains, his luggage in hand. Always in shock and exhausted, he admits that he does not fully achieve what happens to him.

Jérémy Deschênes looks out the window of his apartment in the southwest district in Montreal that he lost in a major fire on June 30, 2025. Photo Zoé Arcand Hoto Zoé Arcand

A hundred firefighters were deployed to turn off the fire. which was mastered around 11 p.m. Sunday evening. Nothing suggests that fire is criminal in nature, according to the Montreal Fire Security Service.