Fire in Quebec Suburb Engulfs Apartment Building Leaving Woman in Critical Condition

Rescue personnel search through the icy rubble of fire that destroyed a seniors' residence Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in L'Isle-Verte, Quebec. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

A woman is in hospital in critical condition after a fire engulfed an apartment building in the Montreal off-island suburb of Saint-Eustache, Que.

Sébastien Laplante, director of the municipality’s Fire Safety Department, says the woman is currently in intensive care and two others have also been hospitalized after the blaze.