One person dead after fire in Gatineau apartment building
Posted Mar 27, 2023 01:03:00 PM.
One person is dead following a fire in Gatineau over the weekend.
The Gatineau fire department responded to an apartment building at 4 Frontenac Street around 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 26.
The five-unit building was full of smoke, and following a search, an unconscious person was located in one of the units.
The person was brought to hospital by paramedics and later pronounced dead.
According to Gatineau fire, the apartment building was not equipped with any smoke alarms and the investigation into the fire is ongoing.
Damage is pegged around $45,000.