Canadian investigators seek seven missing after fire at Montreal building
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MONTREAL: Police and fire officials in Canada said they were preparing on Sunday (Mar 19) to search the rubble of a Montreal heritage building for seven missing people believed trapped after flames engulfed the site last week.
Flowers were left across a courtyard from the beige stone building in the historic Old Montreal district as workers took steps to secure the three-storey structure which remained inaccessible to firefighters and police on Sunday morning.
It took more than 100 firefighters to contain the fire at the building, which broke out on Thursday morning and left several injured, said Marie-Eve Beausoleil, a spokesperson for the city's fire department, the Service de securite incendie de Montreal.
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