Three vehicles targeted by arsonists in RDP: SPVM

SPVM badge — A Montreal police badge is shown during a news conference in Montreal, Thursday, August 4, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

By News Staff

Posted July 9, 2024 9:32 am.

Last Updated July 9, 2024 11:59 am.

Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after fire destroyed three vehicles overnight in Rivière-des-Prairies.

Officers on patrol located the vehicles in flames shortly after 1 a.m. in a commercial parking lot near Henri-Bourassa and Rodolphe-Forget Blvds.

Firefighters were called and they found an incendiary object on site.

A van and two cars are considered a total loss.

No one was injured and there was no damage to any of the property in the area.

The SPVM arson squad is investigating.

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