Montreal police say they’re investigating two suspected arsons that saw a resto-bar and a mixed residential-commercial building charred.
According to police, a downtown resto-bar on Crescent Street near Sainte-Catherine Street was left charred early Tuesday morning after a Molotov cocktail was smashed through its front window.
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Suspects were seen fleeing the scene shortly after 3 a.m.
The incident follows a separate fire at a mixed commercial-residential building in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough at around midnight.
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Police said no injuries were reported in either case.
The cases are being investigated by the police’s arson squad as criminal acts.
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