Montreal police say the last two victims of a deadly fire that ripped through an Old Montreal heritage building have been found — bringing the total of dead recovered to seven.
Firefighters have been carefully sorting through the rubble to find victims of the March 16 fire.
Zafar, a Pakistani national living in Toronto, was visiting Montreal and staying on the third floor of the building the night it caught fire, according to her family. In a recent interview with CBC, her father, back in Pakistan, described her as a dreamer. Khan, who was studying medicine in Detroit, was best friends with Zafar. They had met as children in Pakistan and were inseparable, Saniya's father, Mazhar Khan, said in a recent interview."I feel like part of my body, part of my heart is gone," he said.
Wu, a neuroscientist from San Diego, is remembered by friends and family remembered her as a devoted scientist and a gifted scholar.Nathan Sears, 35, from Toronto had been in Montreal for a conference on international studies and was staying in an Airbnb.Maheux was a renowned photographer and filmmaker, who had lived in a loft on the second floor for about 30 years, according to Marik Boudreau, a friend and colleague.
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