2 adults, 1 child confirmed dead after Les Coteaux, Que., fire

Two adults and one child are dead following an apartment fire in Les Coteaux, Que., just west of the island of Montreal.

The fire broke out in an apartment building on Des Bouleaux Street in Les Coteaux, Que., just west of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield. (Radio-Canada)

Two other children were transported to hospital. Their condition is not yet known.

The fire began sometime around 2:30 a.m. ET Tuesday on the third floor of a small apartment building on Des Bouleaux Street, near Highway 338.

Paramedics transported five victims total to hospital. They were reportedly unconscious at the time.

Four of those caught in the fire were in their bedrooms, while the fifth was in the bathroom.

"The oldest of the children is the best friend of my little seven-year-old boy," said a neighbour, in tears.

Lac St-François regional fire Chief Michel Pitre told Radio-Canada that it appears the fire started in the living room.

"We did not find a smoke detector. Did it melt? We should have found the battery on the ground, but we didn't find anything," Pitre said.

He said it didn't take long for firefighters to put out the relatively small and contained fire.

The investigation has been transferred to Quebec provincial police.

The fire began in one of the units in an apartment building on Des Bouleaux Street in Les Coteaux, Que. (Karine Bastien/Radio-Canada)

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