Street closed due to fears of building collapse

CTV Montreal Published Thursday, August 14, 2014 8:15AM EDT Last Updated Thursday, August 14, 2014 8:23AM EDT

One block of Cartier St. is closed to traffic Thursday because of fears a building will collapse.

According to firefighters residents of an apartment building called 9-1-1 at 5 a.m. because they heard strange noises and noticed new cracks in their walls.

A scaffolding has been set up in a passageway that runs through the building, and there are bricks and other items on the ground.

Firefighters said it appears the construction work through the tunnel, which leads to the building's courtyard, was not done correctly.

Emergency officials evacuated the building and shut down Cartier St. from Ontario St. to Sherbrooke St.

The Red Cross is providing temporary shelter for the six families that will not be allowed to return home until an engineer from the city of Montreal certifies the building is safe.

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