Montreal saw jump in fire deaths in 2016

More people died in fires on the island of Montreal in 2016 than in the two previous years, despite the fact the fire department battled roughly the same number of major blazes.
Eleven people died last year, up from seven in 2015 and nine in 2014, according to the Montreal fire department’s 2016 annual report, presented to Montreal city council’s public-security commission at city hall on Wednesday.
In 2016, firefighters took on 315 major fires in buildings. A year early, there were