The fire started shortly before 6:40 am in the building's basement where the saunas of Auberge 1082 were located.
Smoke wafted upwards, hitting the second floor of the building and firefighters had to climb ladders to rescue five people trapped inside.
"They had sheets on them but they didn’t have a lot of clothes on coming down (the ladder)," said fire department spokesman Gilles Ducharme. "I don’t know how many of them were not dressed, but there were a few of them — maybe five or six — that had only sheets on them."
Six of the 10 people rescued from the club - which included three employees and seven clients - were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene after refusing to go to the hospital.
It took firefighters about an hour to douse the blaze and no further injuries were reported. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, though damages were pegged at $75,000.
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