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Historic Quebec City Building Burns Down
by greg1usa | April 5, 2008 at 01:17 am | 2408 views | 11 comments
Updateed 1.45 am
CBC News Canada reports the damage is estimated around $100,000
The building Palais Montcalm is a landmark in the City.
The fire started on the third floor although the cause in not yet known.
QUEBEC CITY (AP) -- One of Quebec's most historic buildings has caught fire and collapsed. No injuries have been reported.
Witnesses said the fire Friday at the Quebec City Armoury was followed by an explosion.
Most of the building collapsed about two hours later, leaving only a brick wall and two towers at the main entrance.
Police say they do not know what caused the fire.
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April 5, 2008 at 01:17 am by greg1usa, 2408 views, 11 comments
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Comments (11)
at 01:20 on April 5th, 2008
I think this is an important story and would benefit from other NowPublic contributors working on it. I've flagged it as News Wanted and invite others in relevant locations to look for more evidence.
at 01:31 on April 5th, 2008
Thank you
at 02:47 on April 5th, 2008
greg1usa, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 08:26 on April 5th, 2008
greg1usa, I like this story. It's good stuff. Thats friggin terrible, and on Quebecs 400th anniversary
at 13:02 on April 5th, 2008
Great photo's you added, Thank you.
at 09:51 on April 6th, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008. It is reported that the Regiments Soldiers are vowing to rebuild the building to it's former glory, using the most of the stones from the original building.
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=9eb22ddf-3cc7-45af-8f5b-25aef2025a8c
at 08:41 on April 5th, 2008
greg1usa, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:16 on April 5th, 2008
greg1usa, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 09:26 on April 5th, 2008
As mentioned above, the timing is horrible.
at 09:29 on April 5th, 2008
greg1usa, I like this story. It's good stuff - or actually terrible, because such destruction :-(
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caeciliustimat 13:28 on April 5th, 2008
Quebec City Armory, 2006
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