Second apartment fire in two days forces 14 people from their Montreal homes

A building in Montreal was evacuated after a fire broke out in a kitchen in an apartment on Jan. 29, 2025. (Ken Dow / CTV News)

For a second day in a row, an apartment building in Montreal was evacuated due to a fire.

Emergency services responded to a 911 call at around 9:15 a.m. to an apartment fire on Rachel Street East and Cuvillier Street in the Vieux Rosemont neighbourhood.

Montreal fire department (SIM) spokesperson Anik Vaillancourt said the fire started in the kitchen of a first-floor apartment of a three-storey building.

The building needed to be evacuated, forcing 14 people out of their homes to wait in a heated bus while crews put out the blaze.

Vaillancourt said no one was injured and the major damage is confined to one apartment.

The fire department advises residents to avoid the area for the time being.

Second fire in two days

The apartment fire on Wednesday comes after a woman was killed and several others injured in an apartment fire in the Anjou borough.

On Tuesday, firefighters were called to a major fire that resulted in a 78-year-old woman dying in hospital and another man badly injured, in addition to three other residents and one firefighter sustaining minor injuries.