The Hamilton Spectator

Many witnesses left to question after fatal fire

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Quebec police say they have many more witnesses to question during their investigat­ion into a suspicious fire over the weekend at a seniors’ residence that left one dead. Provincial police Sgt. Marc Tessier says investigat­ors arrested a 44-year-old man Sunday, but released him after questionin­g. A 94-year-old woman died after the fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the Oasis seniors’ residence in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal. Twelve people were hospitaliz­ed for smoke inhalation.

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