Crime

Suspicious fire at apartment complex in Saint-Leonard overnight

By Staff Global News

Posted March 28, 2017 8:47 am

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Click to play video: 'Suspicious fire at apartment complex in Saint-Leonard' — WATCH ABOVE: Fire accelerants were found in the area of a fire at an apartment complex in Saint-Leonard early Tuesday morning – Mar 28, 2017

A fire broke out in a first-floor unit of fourplex in Saint-Leonard Tuesday morning at 1:30 a.m.

There was also a reported fire in the occupant’s car parked outside of the apartment.

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Police say fire accelerants were found in the area. The force’s special investigations unit was called in to investigate this as an arson.

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Suspicious fire in an apartment building, on Nice street, in St-Leonard. Traces of accelerant found. Under investigation. @Global_Montreal pic.twitter.com/0nY0i4OxeY
— Yannick Gadbois (@yangad77) March 28, 2017

Anybody with information about the blaze is encouraged to contact Montreal police.

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