A 50-year-old man is in police custody following a fire in an apartment building on Wurtele Street, between Hochelaga and de Rouen Streets, in Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough.
Firefighters requested the assistance of police at around 9:40 a.m. Sunday morning.
The building was evacuated, but there were no reports of injury.
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Of the eight units, two were damaged by smoke and water, and are currently uninhabitable.
Montreal police spokesperson Benoît Boiselle, said preliminary information received by the fire department led them to believe the fire was of a suspicious nature.
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A man was arrested at the scene and taken in for questioning.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Montreal police arson squad.
Wurtele Street was closed for several hours to allow for the investigation.
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