STEPHEN RICCIO

LUSKVILLE July 10, 2020

Municipality of Pontiac firefighters battled with a Luskville house fire on Tuesday afternoon, getting it under control within approximately an hour and a half.

Kevin Mansey, interim fire director for the municipality, said that fire crews were . . .

dispatched to 40 avenue des Bosquets at 2:14 p.m.

“They [the homeowners] left earlier in the day and it was just the dog home,” Mansey said. “There was no one home at the time, what we suspect was that there was probably a faulty air conditioning unit.”

Unfortunately, the dog was unable to be rescued.

One of the firefighters suffered from heat stroke and dehydration, and he had to be transported to the hospital. He is feeling fine now, Mansey said, as he was let out early in the morning hours on July 8. With the combination of the fire and the incredible heat, they were doing their best to keep the firefighters as cool as possible.

Mansey said that once they realized they would be unable to save the house, the garage became their priority.

“He [the homeowner] had a detached garage that was quite close to it, there was no way we were gonna save the house, but we were able to save the garage. He was actually super happy about that because he owns a landscaping company, all of his tools and everything were in that, so he was really grateful we were able to save that for him.”