MONTREAL—Authorities are urging people without power to be careful after five people died in a series of deadly fires in Quebec, two of which are under investigation by provincial police.
Three people are dead, including a 36−year−old woman, after a fire in Saint−Basile, Que., near Quebec City.
Provincial police say firefighters were called to a triplex in the town around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Police spokesman Sgt. Nicolas Scholtus said the fire appears to have started in a third floor apartment.
He said first responders found a woman in that unit who was later pronounced dead in hospital, and firefighters later found two more bodies after the flames were put out. No details about the victims were immediately released….