2 suspects arrested in connection with fatal Old Montreal hostel fire

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October 11, 2024 at 1:25 p.m.·1 min read

Police confirmed the identities of the two victims pulled from the rubble last week. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press - image credit)

Montreal police say they have arrested two suspects in connection with a major building fire in Old Montreal that killed two people last week.

A suspicious fire broke out in a three-storey, 100-year-old building on Notre-Dame Street last Friday around 2:30 a.m.

The building housed a restaurant on the main floor and a hostel upstairs.

Léonor Geraudie, 43, and her seven-year-old daughter Vérane Reynaud-Geraudie, both from France, died in the blaze.

Police are expected to hold a news conference at 3 p.m. CBC News will livestream the conference in this story.

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