The Laval Fire Department responded to two fires at residential addresses in Laval during the early hours Tuesday morning. One of the fires ended up destroying a house.
The LFD received a call around 3 am about a fire on Stella St. in the district of Saint-François, where the blaze appeared to have started on an outdoor terrace.
According to fire officials, it was under control by 4 am. Although no injuries were reported, a man and woman who lived at the address were evacuated. The LFD has declared the house a write-off as a result of damage caused by the fire.
The second fire was at a single-storey home on Jacques St. in Laval’s Fabreville district. The LFD responded around 6:15 am after someone called 9-1-1. The occupants had fled by the time the firefighters arrived.