Montreal
Provincial police says two youths had gone for a walk at the former Belgo factory and climbed to the top of a silo when the girl fell inside the concrete and metal structure and got trapped inside.
15-year-old girl climbed up silo and fell down, says provincial policeThe Canadian Press
· Posted: Apr 12, 2025 1:05 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 12
The Belgo factory, pictured here in February 2024, has been closed since 2008. (Olivier Croteau/Radio-Canada)Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal.
One of the girl’s relatives alerted emergency services around 8:30 p.m. on Friday after the victim fell into a silo at the former Belgo factory, a paper mill that has been closed since 2008.
Sgt. Frédéric Deshaies says two youths had gone for a walk on the factory site and climbed to the top of a silo when the girl fell inside the concrete and metal structure and got trapped inside.
Local firefighters in Shawinigan, about 165 kilometres from Montreal, called their counterparts in nearby Trois-Rivières for a confined space rescue operation.
The young victim was located and freed at around 4:40 a.m. Saturday and taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
A coroner will investigate her death. The teenager accompanying her was not injured.
With files from Radio-Canada
