‘Everything suggests it is an arson’: Montreal police investigate vehicle fire in Saint-Leonard

The intersection of Lisieux and Angevin streets, near where a car went up in flames in a driveaway July 9, 2025. (Pamela Pagano, CityNews)

By News Staff

Posted July 9, 2025 9:15 am.

Last Updated July 9, 2025 11:36 am.

A vehicle was engulfed in flames overnight Wednesday in Montreal’s Saint-Leonard borough.

Montreal police (SPVM) received a 911 call at around 12:30 a.m. about a vehicle on fire that was parked in the driveway of a home on Lisieux Street near Jean-Talon Street.

“The burned vehicle is a total loss,” said Véronique Dubuc, a SPVM spokesperson. “There’s no damage to the property nearby, we didn’t find any incendiary object.”

“We don’t know the cause,” she added. “Everything suggests it is an arson.”

The now empty driveaway in Montreal’s Saint-Leonard where a car went up in flames, with police suspecting it was arson. (Pamela Pagano, CityNews)

There were no reported injuries, and no arrests have been made so far.

An investigation is ongoing by the SPVM arson squad.

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