Health authorities in Quebec’s Lanaudière region said an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has killed two people and infected another 16.

The cooling tower at an ice-skating arena in Berthierville, a town about 50 miles from Montreal, is the likely source of the outbreak, the regional health authorities said in a statement late Thursday. The first cases in the outbreak were confirmed on Aug. 20, and the cooling tower was shut down on Aug. 22, they added.

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