Three separate fires destroy multiple vehicles overnight

The series of suspicious vehicle fires in Montreal continued Wednesday night and into Thursday when several cars and a school bus were destroyed by flames in three separate scenes that police are investigating. The investigation of all three fires was turned over to the Montreal police (SPVM) arson squad. No arrests had been reported as of Thursday morning, and no one appeared to be injured.

The series of suspicious vehicle fires in Montreal continued Wednesday night and into Thursday when several cars and a school bus were destroyed by flames in three separate scenes that police are investigating.

The investigation of all three fires was turned over to the Montreal police (SPVM) arson squad. No arrests had been reported as of Thursday morning, and no one appeared to be injured.

At about 11:25 p.m. Wednesday, six cars parked on a lot in an industrial sector of the borough of Saint-Laurent, in northwest Montreal, were ravaged by fire and are total losses. SPVM officers assisted firefighters from the Montreal fire department (SSIM) in extinguishing the fire, which occurred on Lebeau Boulevard, near the intersection of Côte-de-Liesse Road.

The causes and circumstances of the destruction of the vehicles were not yet known at the end of the night on Thursday. The first searches of the rubble did not reveal any incendiary objects.

At around 1 a.m. on Thursday, the fire caused the total loss of a school bus which was not in a fit state to drive, according to the police. The vehicle was parked on a property on Jarry Street East, near the intersection of Langelier Boulevard, in the borough of Saint-Leonard, in northeast Montreal.

The flames caused minor damage to an adjacent building. Like the fire in Saint-Laurent, no incendiary object was found.