Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating an attempted arson at a bar in the Plateau–Mont-Royal borough late Sunday night.

Officers were called to Saint-Laurent Blvd. near Milton Street around 2:15 a.m., after 911 callers reported a fire in a commercial building. When police arrived, firefighters were already working to bring the situation under control.

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Preliminary information suggests one or more suspects threw an incendiary substance at a window before fleeing, the SPVM said.

The building sustained only minor damage to the window, and no incendiary objects were recovered at the scene, according to police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils.

The file has been turned over to the SPVM’s arson unit. Investigators were expected to vis

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