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A occurrence broke retired connected Friday evening astatine the Quebec Native Friendship Centre successful Wendake, forcing the enactment to temporarily adjacent its building.
No 1 was wrong the gathering astatine clip of incident, says Quebec City occurrence department
Hénia Ould-Hammou · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 12, 2025 11:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago
The Quebec Native Friendship Centre successful Wendake is temporarily closed aft a occurrence erupted astatine their gathering connected 234 Louis IX St. connected Friday night.
In a quality release, the Service de extortion contre l'incendie de Québec (SPCIQ) says firefighters responded to a occurrence successful a two-storey gathering successful the Loretteville territory aft calls were made to 911 astatine astir 10:37 p.m.
The occurrence broke retired down the gathering and nary 1 was wrong astatine the clip of the incident, according to the occurrence department.
"The gathering was extensively damaged and cannot beryllium reinstated," reads the SPCIQ's release.
Both the Mikueniss daycare and the Quebec Native Friendship Centre usage the facility.
"The information of our employees, our customers and our assemblage is our apical priority," wrote the Quebec Native Friendship Centre's absorption squad successful a quality merchandise published connected Facebook.
"We are presently moving intimately with section authorities and exigency services to measure the concern and instrumentality the indispensable measures."
The enactment says it volition stock updates regularly connected their page.
The occurrence section is investigating the origin of the fire.
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Hénia Ould-Hammou is simply a writer and researcher with CBC Montreal. She antecedently completed an internship with La Presse aft graduating from McGill University with a treble large successful governmental subject and psychology. Hénia is funny successful planetary and societal issues, soccer, authorities and rap music. Send her an email astatine [email protected]
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