Hells Angels biker gang bunker burned down following an explosion

Bunker belonging to the Hells Angels biker gang in southwestern Quebec burned down following explosion Saturday night, in what police said was one of three suspicious fires a few blocks apart.Quebec police spokesman Sgt. Ronald McInnis confirmed Sunday the fire, which sent thick, black smoke billowing into the air, started after a truck slammed into the gang's meeting house at about 9:30 p.m. in Sorel-Tracy, Que."We don't know what kind of truck because it was completely gone in the fire," he said, adding police believe there was no one in the truck at the time it crashed.Police believe the suspect or suspects may have loaded the truck with gasoline, he said.Sgt. McInnis said the building was also destroyed but no one was injured. According to witnesses an explosion went off inside the Hells Angels Quebec headquarters. Residents in the immediate area were forced to leave their homes for a few hours.About two hours earlier, a three-storey commercial and residential building near a hotel caught fire. Police said the blaze started on the third floor but all residents managed to escape before it burned to the ground.Diane Dufour, who works at Mike's restaurant on the same street as the apartment fire said Hydro Quebec cut the power to the entire area for about 15 minutes.Ms. Dufour said she had spoken to some residents who heard "several explosions" at the bunker. She also said she saw flames from the bunker blaze and the air, during the early morning hours in Sorel-Tracy, was dense with heavy smoke. Then, said police, at about 1 a.m. Sunday another fire erupted in a nearby garage in a residential area.Sgt. McInnis said police have no suspects but believe all three were arson. However, he said it was too soon to tell if the fires were related.Fire officials were investigating all three fires on Sunday. The city's mayor Robert Marcel was at the scene of the bunker fire Sunday and was expected to update the media on the investigation into the fires later in the day.The Hells Angels Montreal club is based in Sorel and was Canada's first Hells Angels chapter.Sorel-Tracy is a city located about 90 kilometres north of Montreal.