Rouyn-Noranda Hospital services disrupted after fire overnight

CBC News

· Posted: Jul 15, 2025 11:08 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Services person been disrupted astatine Rouyn-Noranda Hospital aft the tract was evacuated Monday nighttime owed to a fire.

The occurrence started astir 10:15 p.m. connected Monday successful a cart connected the 2nd floor. An hr later, firefighters extinguished it, but galore radical were affected by the smoke, said Stéphane Royer, manager of occurrence information for the City of Rouyn-Noranda.

He said the 2nd level was severely damaged, but helium considers the gathering to beryllium safe.

Sarah Charbonneau, adjunct to the enforcement manager for media relations astatine the CISSS de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue, said 93 patients were staying astatine the infirmary connected Monday night.

No injuries were reported. One firefighter suffered from a heatstroke.

The infirmary requires cleaning and ventilation enactment earlier patients and unit tin return.

Patients who were hospitalized were redirected to the section CLSC, the Youville pavilion facing the infirmary and the Maison des aînés et alternate de Rouyn-Noranda.

Charbonneau said infirmary unit volition interaction patients if determination are cancellations to appointments since galore services volition beryllium disrupted.

"Throughout the day, determination are immoderate services we volition beryllium capable to corroborate volition beryllium offered arsenic usual: radiology, laboratories, and respiratory therapy," she said, noting that exigency surgeries are inactive scheduled.

She is asking radical to lone spell to the infirmary entranceway if determination is an emergency.

For each different cases, she asks that the nationalist interaction Info-Santé by calling 811.