CP NewsAlert: Mom and seven-year-old daughter from France killed in Montreal fire

By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on October 5, 2024.

Authorities in Montreal say at least two people were killed in a major fire that ravaged a three-storey building in a historic part of the city and forced dozens of people out of the area. Firefighters battle a fire in Old Montreal on Friday, Oct.4, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Montreal police say the two people killed in a fire that ravaged a three-storey building in a historic part of the city were a woman from France and her seven-year-old daughter.

Insp. David Shane identified the victims as 43-year-old Léonor Geraudie and seven-year-old Vérane Reynaud Geraudie at an afternoon news conference.

He says the other 23 people believed to be in the building when the blaze broke out early Friday morning all made it out, with one person remaining in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

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