Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after four vehicles were set on fire on Monday night.
Officers received a 911 call shortly before midnight about the vehicles engulfed in flames in the parking lot of car garage on de Rouen Street in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
When police arrived, four vehicles were on fire.
Firefighters quickly brought the blaze under control.
SPVM officers found a gas can near the vehicles and are still looking for a suspect.
“According to initial information obtained from witnesses, a suspect was observed near the vehicles when the fire started,” explained Véronique Dubuc, spokesperson for the SPVM. “He fled before the police arrived.”
Police also described the damage as “significant.”
The file has been transferred to the Montreal police arson squad.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews