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Retirement residence fire in Gatineau leaves 40 seniors homeless

GATINEAU FIRE2
GATINEAU FIRE2

Gatineau Fire says 40 seniors have been put out of their homes after a cooking fire at a retirement residence early Saturday morning.

Crews were called to a ten-story Cartwell residence on Cité-Jardin just before 3:30 a.m.

More than 100 residents safely left the building but 40 have been temporarily displaced.

No injuries have been reported. Damages are estimated at $250,000 dollars.