Smoke detectors save two families in pair of overnight fires
By James Foster
Working smoke detectors are being credited for saving several lives during a pair of overnight fires.
On the South Shore firefighters were called to a blaze inside a bungalow on Touchette Ave. in Brossard at about 1:00 A.M.
The flames broke out inside the garage but quickly spread to the home. The elderly couple living there managed to get out, but the woman was transported to hospital after feeling some discomfort.
Damage is estimated at $300,000. The cause is not yet known.
Woman sent to the hospital after house fire on Touchette Ave. in Brossard. Fire contained. @CTVMontreal pic.twitter.com/F8i6FJpd43
— Cosmo Santamaria (@cosmoCTV) November 15, 2017
Earlier in the night a smoke alarm helped a mother and her two young children flee their apartment after a fire broke out in the kitchen of their home in Dorval on Lakeshore Blvd.
It all happened at about 11:10 P.M. when a toaster malfunctioned and caught fire. The woman forgot about her toast and had fallen asleep but was woken up by the alarm inside the apartment.
She and her two young children fled the apartment safely but needed to be treated for smoke inhalation.
Firefighters managed to control the fire quickly, keeping it contained to just the kitchen of the one apartment.
Damage is estimated at $25,000.
Baby and mother have been treated for smoke inhalation following a house fire in Dorval on Lakeshore near Mimosa Ave. @CTVMontreal pic.twitter.com/N75QsfTLKg
— Cosmo Santamaria (@cosmoCTV) November 15, 2017