Two arson cases
A daycare in Pierrefonds was set on fire early Monday. CTV says it’s the third time this establishment has been the target of arsonists.
CTV also reports a probably criminally set fire on Fairmount near Park Avenue, Sunday evening. Nobody got hurt.
JP 09:33 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
I know it was over night but something about it being a daycare really disgusts me. Also, what if someone was in there for whatever reason. I remember a manager sleeping over night at a Jean Coutu once….could happen.
carswell 09:44 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
Can anyone be more specific about which building on Fairmount?
walkerp 10:03 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
Yeah was weird the vagueness.
It’s insane how this kind of extortion still exists in Montreal. What are all these cops we’ve hired actually doing? (Don’t answer, they are probably complicit and getting their kickbacks).
Kate 10:16 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
I’ve commented before how our media are always vague and coy about locations. They will say “a commercial building at the corner of X and Y” but not tell you what business is in the building or its specific address – in this case, we don’t even get “northeast corner” or the like.
I can only assume this is a chilling effect by lawyers, because newspapers used to be very specific about this kind of thing all the time.
carswell, if I see anything more specific I will add a note.
Joey 11:22 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
I saw a clip on twitter that implied the Fairmount fire was in an alley – looked like someone set a dumpster on fire…
Ian 16:04 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
The fire appears to have been at the back of Faros
carswell 16:48 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
Thanks for the update, @Ian. Back of a resto is indeed suspicious. Now wondering whether the owners have received any “nice place you got here; be a shame if anything happened to it” messages.
Ian 17:40 on 2022-10-17 Permalink
Maybe but thinking back on all the places that got burned down by the protection racket in the area were firebombs through the front. Damas, Prime Time, the old grocery by Fruiterie Mile End… they seem to prefer an obvious message. It could just have been a careless smoker.