Five-alarm fire forces seven east-end Montreal families from their homes

The Montreal fire department says a large fire in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough that forced seven families from their homes Thursday has been brought under control. Earlier in the day, the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal said more than 150 firefighters were battling the five-alarm blaze at the corner of Notre-Dame and Paul-Pau Sts., in the east-end Tétreaultville neighbourhood. The fire began around 3:30 a.m. in a two-storey building that ha