The teenager who died in a fire that appears to be accidental on Tuesday morning in the La Petite-Patrie neighborhood in Montreal, was visiting her boyfriend when the fire broke out.
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“She had just turned 17,” breathed Johakim Jasenovic, before taking her head in both hands.
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The man could hardly realize that his niece, Simone Laforme-Jasenovic, had perished in the morning.
The young girl spent a lot of time in her boyfriend’s apartment, at the corner of rue De Saint-Vallier and boulevard Rosemont, opposite the metro station. Three other people also lived there, we were told.
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Tuesday, around 4:30 a.m., a blaze seems to have arisen in this accommodation, located above the St-Vallier convenience store.
“Lucky that I woke up. The firefighters were already there when I left, said a neighbor in his twenties, who came to pick up his personal effects a few hours after the tragedy. I no longer have a room. There is nothing left. My wall was stuck on their apartment. “
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Shaken roommates
Inside, the sappers made the sad discovery of the inert body of Simone Laforme-Jasenovic.
” The fourth [autres] are in shock in the hospital, said an acquaintance of the roommates, sobbing. This is their second fire in a year. It’s badly built here. It’s not their fault. “
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Johakim Jasenovic and Delilah Riddell were crying Tuesday afternoon, the young Simone Laforme-Jasenovic.
Authorities said the home did not have a smoke detector. However, its co-owner Yong Zhe Jin claims to have installed it in his three apartments.
Mr. Jin also deplores having lost control of these tenants for some time.
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“I am very sorry for the young girl. I don’t know what happened, he said. I have two names written on my lease and there were several of them living there. “
“They haven’t paid rent for several months, and they refused to open me up,” he continued. The police told me that there was nothing I could do except go to the Régie du logement. “
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Like a sister
At the end of the afternoon, relatives and friends of the victim gathered at a small memorial in his honor.
“She was like a sister. I’m younger, but I was close to her, her little cousin Delilah Riddell, 12, said with tears in her eyes. She was very nice. “
► The Montreal police are still investigating, but the thesis of the accident is immediately considered.
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