Seven vehicles set ablaze in Rivière-des-Prairies, Montreal arson squad investigating

Seven vehicles were torched in two separate fires in the Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood.

Overnight in Montreal, police officers and firefighters were busy after seven vehicles were torched in two separate fires in the Rivière-des-Prairies (RDP) neighbourhood.

Cube van torched

Officers responded to a 911 call at 2:15 a.m. on Gaston Maillet Avenue and Joliot Curie Avenue and found a cube truck on fire.

“When police arrived on the scene the Montreal Fire Department (SIM) was already on the scene controlling the fire,” said SPVM spokesperson Caroline Chevrefils.

Incendiary material was found on the scene, and the file was transferred to the arson squad.

Chevrefils said one or more suspects appear to have set the fire and fled the scene before responders arrived.

Six vehicles ablaze

At 3:30 a.m., a 911 call came in about several burning vehicles on Henri-Bourassa Boulevard near Riviere-des-Prairies Boulevard.

When officers arrived on the scene, firefighters were putting out six vehicles that were set ablaze.

“The burnt vehicles are four cars, a van and a cube truck; each vehicle is a total loss,” said Chevrefils.

Again, police are looking for one or more suspects.

There have been no arrests, and no one was injured in either fire.

The investigation is ongoing.