Quebec’s chief coroner has ordered a public inquest into the fatal Old Montreal fire last week that claimed the lives of two French nationals.
Police identified the victims as 43-year-old Léonor Geraudie and seven-year-old Vérane Reynaud Geraudie, both of France.
They were killed after fire swept through a building in Old Montreal early Friday morning and their bodies were removed from the scene that evening.
Chief coroner Reno Bernier says in a news release the inquiry will be overseen by Géhane Kamel, the same coroner who was assigned to investigate the March 2023 fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people….