An 84-year old woman was given CPR after a fire broke out in a duplex in Montreal’s Riviere-des-Prairies borough.
The Montreal fire department received a call at around 12 PM about a blaze at a home, situated on Sylvain-Garneau Street. Upon entering the residence, the firefighters found the lifeless body of the woman in the basement.
After the first responders performed CPR, the woman was transported to a hospital. Sadly, she was declared dead according to a Montreal police spokesperson.
The firefighters are working to figure out whether or not there was a working fire alarm in the house. It was confirmed that the blaze did not spread to the surrounding buildings and there were no other reported injuries.
The file has been transferred to the Montreal police arson squad. An autopsy was requested to determine the cause of the woman’s death.
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