The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) is investigating an arson attack that targeted a restaurant in Saint-Léonard on Wednesday morning.
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The police were alerted by a call to 911 which reported around 4 a.m. a business on fire in a building located on rue Jean-Talon Est, near rue de Fontecelle.
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The firefighters dispatched to the scene quickly brought the fire under control, before noticing the presence of an incendiary object thrown once morest the window of the establishment.
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Damage to the building was minor, but huge inside the business, as residents of upper-floor accommodation were temporarily evacuated.
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SPVM investigators should move on site to analyze the scene protected by a security perimeter, it was added.
