{"id":926662,"date":"2026-10-09T15:22:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926662\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:22:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T15:22:15","slug":"two-window-washers-rescued-after-platform-malfunctions-at-montreal-high-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/926662\/","title":{"rendered":"Two window washers rescued after platform malfunctions at Montreal high-rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two window washers were brought to safety Friday morning after their platform malfunctioned outside a Montreal high-rise, prompting a rescue operation by firefighters.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened about 7:45 a.m. at a building near the intersection of Boulevard Robert-Bourassa and Rue De La Gaucheti\u00e8re in downtown Montreal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rescue-operation-after-window-washing-platform-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508191\"  \/>Two window-washers stuck on a platform during a rescue operation on Montreal skyscraper on Oct. 9, 2026 (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>The two workers were washing windows about 14 floors above the ground when the platform became unstable and dropped about three feet. The workers felt unsafe and called 911.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rescue-operation-after-window-washing-platform-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508192\"  \/>Police and firefighters during a rescue operation after two window-washers got stuck on a platform on a Montreal skyscraper on Oct. 9, 2026 (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal fire department (SIM) dispatched its rescue team to the scene. Both workers were brought down safely, and Urgences-sant\u00e9 says there has been no injures reported.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rescue-operation-after-window-washing-platform-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508193\"  \/>Two window-washers stuck on a platform during a rescue operation on Montreal skyscraper on Oct. 9, 2026 (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>The platform remains suspended outside the building and attached to the structure. The company will be responsible for bringing it down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rescue-operation-after-window-washing-platform-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508190\"  \/>Two window-washers stuck on a platform during a rescue operation on Montreal skyscraper on Oct. 9, 2026 (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>Groupe Picotte, the window-washing company, said the machine had stopped working.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal police (SPVM) officers were also at the scene to assist with traffic in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791559335_490_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two window washers were brought to safety Friday morning after their platform malfunctioned outside a Montreal high-rise, prompting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-926662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=926662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=926662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=926662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=926662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}