Mobile home set on fire in Saint-Basile-le-Grand

WATCH ABOVE: Raw footage as a mobile home in Saint-Basile-le-Grand goes up in flames.

SAINT-BASILE-LE-GRAND – Police are investigating after a mobile home went up in flames in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, on Montreal’s South Shore.

The fire was apparently deliberately set in a shed attached to the mobile house.

Flames quickly spread to the home, destroying it in the process.

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Firefighters were called in from nearby municipalities to help fight the blaze.

There was no one inside the home at the time as the occupants are away on vacation.