Minor fire at Théâtre du Nouveau Monde

Montreal firefighters were called in after a blaze started on the roof of Théâtre du Nouveau Monde downtown Thursday morning.

It started around 7:20 a.m. near the back of the building that was under construction as work was underway.

It seems sparks got into the isolation of the roof and ignited.

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By 8:10 a.m. firefighters had the incident under control. About 80 to 90 firefighters responded to the call.

Everyone was evacuated without incident and no injuries were reported.

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It’s still unclear for now what, if any, damage was done to the main building’s interior.

(CREDIT: Matt Tornabene/CITYNEWS)

Théâtre du Nouveau Monde has postponed shows scheduled for Aug. 19-20-21, but will resume programming Aug. 26. See their website for more details.