Quebec police identify three victims of propane explosion last week

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police have formally identified three people who died after an explosion last week at a propane facility north of Montreal.

Police say the victims are Céline Pilon, 65; France Desrosiers, 65; and Christophe Paradis, 26.

Authorities found the remains of the three people on Monday at the site of Propane Lafortune in St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, about 50 kilometres north of Montreal.

The company’s owner had said two of the missing people were employees and the third was a subcontractor.