Quebec provincial police investigating two deadly overnight fires amid power outages
Three people are dead, including a 36-year-old woman, after a fire in Saint-Basile, Que., near Quebec City.
Provincial police say firefighters were called to a triplex in the town around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. Police spokesman Sgt. Nicolas Scholtus said the fire appears to have started in a third floor apartment. He said first responders found a woman in that unit who was later pronounced dead in hospital, and firefighters later found two more bodies after the flames were put out. No details about the victims were immediately released.
Earlier, police spokesman Sgt. Stephane Tremblay said firefighters found the body of one person at a residence in Louiseville, Que., northeast of Montreal, after a fire that started around 10 p.m. on Friday evening.
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