{"id":608262,"date":"2026-04-26T23:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608262\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T23:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T23:19:10","slug":"part-of-bicolline-medieval-village-reduced-to-ashes-in-quebecs-mauricie-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/608262\/","title":{"rendered":"Part of Bicolline medieval village reduced to ashes in Quebec’s Mauricie region"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Twenty-two buildings were destroyed in a fire at the Duch\u00e9 de Bicolline medieval village in Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc, about 12 kilometres west of Shawinigan, Que., overnight.<\/p>\n

In a Facebook post written Sunday morning, the organization behind the live action role-playing (LARP) destination said no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

“A painful awakening this morning at the Duch\u00e9 de Bicolline,” the organization wrote shortly after 9 a.m. “Our thoughts are with the affected guilds and members.”<\/p>\n

It said it is meeting with authorities Sunday morning to take stock of the situation and would keep the public updated.<\/p>\n

\"aftermathThe fire destroyed 22 buildings the organization behind Bicolline shared in a Facebook post on Sunday morning. (Bicolline\/Facebook)<\/p>\n

It thanked emergency crews for responding quickly and preventing the fire from spreading to the entire village. The organization had posted a first update just after midnight saying the situation was under control by then and didn’t present a safety risk.<\/p>\n

The Duch\u00e9 de Bicolline is a village where people can immerse themselves in fantasy-medieval role-playing, known as LARPing, and is known for organizing an annual “grand battle” where teams fight against each other.<\/p>\n

On Sunday morning, the organization shared a photo showing a large section of the village razed to the ground peppered with large puddles and smoke billowing from the wreckage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-608262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}