{"id":46154,"date":"2026-03-27T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46154"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:21:41","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-historic-montreal-church-destroyed-by-fire-flames-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46154","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: Historic Montreal church destroyed by fire\u2026 flames spread\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fire tore through a historic former church in southwestern Montreal early Monday morning, with the flames spreading to the old rectory, which had been converted to a seniors residence, reports The <em>Canadian Press News.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Canadian Press News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fire tore through a historic former church in southwestern Montreal\u2026 with the flames spreading to the old rectory, which had been converted to a seniors residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/quebec\/historic-montreal-church-destroyed-by-fire-flames-spread-to-adjacent-retirement-home\/article_393d95a8-d310-581e-a429-fe6b951dd61b.html\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fire tore through a historic former church in southwestern Montreal early Monday morning, with the flames spreading to the old rectory, which had been converted to a seniors residence, reports The Canadian Press News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[759,57,87,51],"class_list":["post-46154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-canada","tag-church","tag-fire","tag-global"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46199,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46154\/revisions\/46199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}