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The establishment’s sprinklers had already extinguished the flames when firefighters arrived.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Stéphane Grégoire
Published at 7:36 a.m. EDT
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An arson fire broke out in a commercial establishment in Saint-Léonard on Sunday morning around 3:25 a.m. When firefighters arrived, the fire had already been extinguished by the sprinklers of the building, located near the intersection from rue Jean-Talon Est and boulevard Langelier.
According to a spokesperson for the Montreal City Police Department, no one was injured and no evacuation was necessary. However, we noticed an incendiary object inside the business, the window of which had been smashed.
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An incendiary object was found inside this Saint-Léonard business.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Stéphane Grégoire
At the time of publishing this article, the security perimeter was still demarcated, and investigators from the arson section were on site trying to solve the case.
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