Montreal police are investigating after a business in the Mile End neighbourhood was the target of arson Monday morning.
Police say at least one suspect was seen throwing an incendiary device, possibly a molotov cocktail, through the ground floor window, according to SPVM spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant.
The fire was quickly extinguished before flames spread through the newly opened restaurant.
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The second and third floor of the building located on Bernard near De l’Esplanade Avenue was evacuated.
Six people were displaced from their home according to police.
No one was hurt in the blaze, but the building sustained significant damage mostly to the ground floor where the fire was contained.
Brabant said the fire is deemed suspicious.
Investigators will be speaking with the business owners.
SPVM officials say it remains unclear if the business received prior threats.
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