Fire in Mile End, no injuries reported

By News Staff

Posted June 5, 2023 8:57 am.

Last Updated June 5, 2023 10:01 am.

A fire broke out overnight in the Mile End. Montreal firefighters responding to calls around 1 a.m. about the blaze on Clark, near Bernard west.

Residents of the building had to be evacuated. No injuries were reported.

The fire appears to have started on a back balcony of one of the apartments, but the cause is still unknown.

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Fire in Mile End on back balcony. June 5, 2023. (CREDIT: Martin Daigle, CityNews Image)

By 3:38 a.m., the fire department tweeted that the blaze was under control.

It is the second balcony fire in the Mile End in a week. On Thursday, firefighters battled extreme heat to put out another balcony fire in the same area.

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