The church fires in Canada continued Thursday as the historic Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Allégresses Catholic church in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, went up in flames, and the local fire chief “refused to speculate on the causes or origin of the blaze.” There were no injuries reported as the church was empty when the fire began.
The Journal de Quebec noted that several people who witnessed the fire said they saw a flaming container near the church. The building, built in 1914, sustained considerable damage, including the complete loss of a bell tower, True North reported.
According to the city of Trois-Rivières’s Facebook, firefighters reacted to the fire quickly, arriving on the scene at 3:40 pm and being able to keep the blaze from spreading.
Residential developer Georges Mouradian had bought the church as a “revitalization project” where he envisioned building new homes. He said the first stage of the construction was to be completed on Friday, the day after the fire broke out. As a precautionary measure, local police evacuated all businesses near the church as well as 11 Franciscan monks who live close to the church. They were unharmed by the fire. […]
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