Montreal Police Investigate Four Arsons Overnight Within Two-Hour Span

A Montreal fire department truck is seen in Montreal on March 21, 2023. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Montreal police say four businesses were targeted by arson within the span of two hours early Feb. 6 morning.

Firefighters were called to a blaze in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district where a Molotov cocktail was tossed inside a business on Monkland Avenue at about 3:35 a.m., causing heavy damage and forcing evacuations.