
Montreal Police Investigate Four Arsons Overnight Within Two-Hour Span
Published on February 6, 2024
Montreal police say four businesses were targeted by arson within the span of two hours early Feb. 6 morning. Firefighters were called to a blaze in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district where a Molotov cocktail was tossed inside a business on Monkland Avenue at about 3:35 a.m., causing heavy damage and forcing evacuations. Earlier, three fires were set between 1:40 a.m. and 2:45 a.m., all involving incendiary objects tossed through windows. Three commercial buildings in the Rivière-des-Prairies district and St-Laurent borough were targeted but suffered minor damage. No one was injured in any of the fires and no arrests have been made....
