Carelessness is believed to have been the underlying cause of a fire that decimated garages and other installations at a snow removal contractor’s base of operations on des Perron Avenue near Montée Saint-François in Duvernay earlier this month.
The Laval region’s 9-1-1 service received a call around 5:45 pm on March 10 and Laval Fire Dept. personnel were on the scene at Déneigement SM within minutes.
As is frequently the case with industrial fires, a tall pall of dark smoke rose and hung over the site, visible from a considerable distance.
It wasn’t until nearly 9:20 pm that the firefighters were able to finally declare the blaze under control.
The LFD speculated that the cause may have been a carelessly discarded cigarette butt and estimated overall damage at $2.5 million.
