Strong winds rip bricks, window pane from Montreal buildings
Strong winds and freeze-thaw weather conditions appear to have contributed to damage at two Montreal buildings overnight.
No one was hurt in separate incidents downtown and in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
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Firefighters removed loose bricks from the wall of a building on Ontario Street after a large section of brick crumbled overnight. (Alain Béland/Radio-Canada)
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Strong winds and freeze-thaw weather conditions appear to have contributed to damage at two Montreal buildings overnight.
A large section of brick detached from the wall of a building near the corner of Ontario and Charlemagne streets in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district.
Firefighters were called to the scene to remove other unstable bricks from the wall and secure the area. No one was hurt.
A pile of bricks lay on the street after a wall crumbled on Ontario St. in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. (Alain Béland/Radio-Canada)
And a vehicle was damaged when a window detached from the fourth floor of a downtown building and fell to the ground.
It happened near the corner of René-Lévesque Boulevard and St-Mathieu Street.
No one was hurt in that incident either.
No one was hurt when a window pane fell from the fourth floor of a downtown building overnight, but a car below was damaged. (Alain Béland/Radio-Canada)
