The Montreal fireplace division says a hearth that swept by means of a heritage property within the metropolis’s downtown core was introduced underneath management immediately, greater than 24 hours after it started.
The fireplace broke out late Thursday afternoon on the Monastère du Bon-Pasteur, a nineteenth century former monastery, and shortly turned a five-alarm blaze requiring the intervention of 150 firefighters.
They spent greater than 24 hours battling the fireplace, which was tough to tame due to the development and supplies used within the constructing.
An investigation into the trigger is about to start on Monday. The total extent of the injury is unknown.
Firefighters are nonetheless on web site immediately to make sure a brand new fireplace does not begin, and authorities are additionally inspecting the constructing to see whether or not it’s secure to enter.
The monastery was inbuilt 1846 and maintained its spiritual vocation till the Nineteen Sixties. Quebec formally acknowledged It as a heritage web site in 1979, and it now serves as a combined use constructing that features a residence for seniors, a housing cooperative, a daycare centre and condominiums.
The chapel, positioned within the centre of the complicated, is now a live performance corridor, and town calls it one in every of its most prestigious venues, identified for distinctive acoustics in a historic and intimate ambiance.
WATCH | An overhead view of Montreal monastery after devastating fireplace:
Drone footage reveals plumes of smoke rising from charred rooftops on the Monastère du Bon-Pasteur in downtown Montreal following a hearth on Friday.
