Major Fire in Downtown Montreal

0:00It's April 6th. This is Canada News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Corey with The Story. Dozens of firefighters are battling a major blaze in downtown Montreal right now at the corner of Saint Laurent Boulevard in Milton Street. The Montreal Fire Department confirmed it's a building fire that's got crews working hard to get it under control this Monday afternoon. Traffic is completely shut down in the whole block surrounded by Ontario, Saint Dominique, Florence Arthur and St. Irvane Streets, causing big backups for drivers in the area. On site, police told reporters it's a serious fire and that block won't reopen for at least two or three hours, disrupting local businesses and commuters while thick smoke fills the sky. Air quality took a head too, dropping from good to poor around 1pm. At the downtown station, with that plume blanketing the neighborhood and making, it tough to breathe nearby. Those are still on the scene pushing to knock this out, so expect more updates as they

1:00make progress and things start to clear up.