A 49-year-old babysitter has been charged with arson by negligence, child abandonment and failure to provide the necessaries of life after a child was found alone in a burning apartment. Josée Milot was arrested Thursday after a one-year-old girl was left unattended during an apartment fire early that morning in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood. Police officers had to crawl in order to reach the toddler inside the burning apartment building. Montreal police found a one-year-old girl alone and in tears inside a burning apartment building Thursday morning. They managed to rescue the toddler, who was found alone and in tears in an apartment on the second floor.

Source: CBC News September 01, 2017 18:50 UTC