The arson squad is investigating a fire that broke out at the La Porte Rouge bar in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Montreal police said witnesses reported seeing someone use an accelerant in the building before setting the fire around 5 a.m. The suspect then allegedly fled on foot.
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There are no reports of injuries, and no arrests have been made as of yet.
The building, located on Mont-Royal Avenue east of Papineau Avenue, suffered considerable damage. It took firefighters over an hour to knock down the flames.
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—With files from Global News’ Shakti Langlois-Ortega