Public inquiry ordered into Old Montreal fire that killed mom, daughter

Quebec’s main coroner is launching a nationalist enquiry into the deaths of a parent and daughter successful a occurrence that ripped done a century-old gathering successful Old Montreal past week.

Montreal constabulary identified French nationalist Léonor Geraudie, 43, and her seven-year-old girl Vérane Reynaud Geraudie arsenic the 2 victims killed successful the blaze past Friday.

Police accidental the different 23 radical believed to beryllium successful the gathering connected Notre-Dame Street East erstwhile the flames broke retired each made it retired portion 1 idiosyncratic remained successful infirmary for non-life-threatening injuries implicit the weekend. A transgression probe is underway.

The coroner’s bureau announced the enquiry Tuesday, saying it comes pursuing a petition by Quebec’s Public Security Minister François Bonnardel.

Coroner Géhane Kamel, who is already presiding implicit a abstracted coroner’s enquiry into the March 2023 occurrence that killed 7 radical successful Old Montreal, volition pb the inquest.

The coroner’s bureau said fixed that the 2 inquiries volition absorption connected akin facts, Kamel could yet harvester the two.

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City spot records amusement the gathering astatine 400 Notre-Dame St. E. was built successful 1923 and belongs to Émile Benamor, the aforesaid proprietor of a practice gathering adjacent connected Place D’Youville that went up successful flames successful March 2023.

Multiple lawsuits were filed successful the aftermath of the Place D’Youville occurrence and the coroner’s inquest is connected clasp until the decision of the constabulary probe and immoderate imaginable transgression trials.

— with files from The Canadian Press