Strong winds rip bricks, window pane from Montreal buildings

Strong winds and freeze-thaw weather conditions appear to have contributed to damageat two Montreal buildings overnight.

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A large section of brick detached from the wall of a building near the corner of Ontario and Charlemagne streets in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district.

Firefighters were called to the scene to remove other unstable bricks from the wall andsecure the area. No one was hurt.

And a vehicle was damaged when a window detached from the fourth floor of a downtown building and fell to the ground.

It happened near the corner ofRen-LvesqueBoulevard and St-Mathieu Street.

No one was hurt in that incident either.