DOZENS EVACUATED AFTER FIRE IN SENIORS’ RESIDENCE

Dozens of people are without a home after a seniors’ residence was destroyed by fire in Quebec’s Bas-saint-laurent region early Sunday morning. Quebec provincial police say the fire was first reported around 2 a.m. in the building in Trois-pistoles, some 250 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Sgt. Beatrice Dorsainville says all of the 70 or so residents were evacuated safely and none were injured. However, they will not be able to return to their units. A police investigation is underway to determine the origins of the blaze.