Fire breaks out at downtown Montreal's Théâtre du Nouveau Monde
Firefighters say a blaze that broke out at Montreal's Théâtre du Nouveau Monde Thursday morning is now under control.
The city's fire services say the fire began around 7:20 a.m. at the theatre, located at the corner of Saint-Urbain Boulevard and Saint-Catherine Street West.
The theatre is currently under construction to be expanded. According to the fire service, workers were doing soldering work on the expansion's roof when some of the embers fell into the building below, starting the fire, which then spread quickly.
No injuries were reported and the fire was seemingly contained to the expansion, the fire service said.
The fire has led the theatre to scrap this weekend's shows, confirmed Lorraine Pintal, the artistic director of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde.
A new production by famed Quebec playwright Robert Lepage was set to premiere at the theatre Friday night. Three of those shows have now been cancelled.
