Fatal fire in Terrebonne: the victim is the owner of the house

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Saturday, September 2, 2017 10:57

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Saturday, September 2, 2017 10:57

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TERREBONNE | police unveiled Saturday morning, the identity of the man who died the day before in the accidental fire of his home in Terrebonne in Lanaudière. This is Paul-André Lacasse, 66, whose body was found in the rubble of his garage.

At about 12: 05 a.m., on Friday, the emergency services have been called in to the 4921, rue J. G. Aubry, in the sector of The Plain, where a fire was raging.

The police arrived, the attached garage to the residence was fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters arrived moments later and immediately attacked the blaze.

“They quickly located a body in the rubble. The victim has been taken out of the garage, but unfortunately it was too late,” said captain Benoit Bilodeau, a spokesperson for the police Department inter-municipal Terrebonne/Ste-Anne-des-Plaines/Bois-des-Filion.

Even if the authorities confirm that it is an accident, it was not in a position at this stage of the investigation to determine the cause or causes of the blaze.

A technician in the fire scene of the Sûreté du Québec was dispatched to the site, and the analysis continued Saturday.