5 workers injured after scaffolding collapse at Quebec seniors' home under construction

Five people were injured after scaffolding collapsed on the site of a seniors' home near Trois-Rivires, Que., on Wednesday morning.

Police in Trois-Rivires say the incident happened at the construction site of a publicly funded seniors' home on the groundsof the former Canadian Tire in the Cap-de-la-Madeleine area.

Sgt.Luc Mongrainsays five workers were injured and transported to hospital.

"Fortunately, we don't fear for the lives of any of them," said Mongrain.

The cause of the collapse is still not known, but according to Mongrain, the incident occurred in the back of the building when part of the scaffolding collapsed on workers.

He says police, ambulances and firefighters responded to the call just after 8 a.m.

Jean Boulet, Quebec's labour minister and the MNA forTrois-Rivires, took to X, formerly Twitter, saying the province's workplace health and safety board will investigate and that his "thoughts are with the injured workers."