Fire at Montreal REM train station was deliberate, police investigating – Montreal

Montreal police confirmed that an overnight fire at the Canora REM station, located in a residential neighbourhood near the border of CDN-NDG and the Town of Mount Royal, was a case of arson.

Montreal police spokesperson Mariane Allaire Morin said several 911 calls reporting the fire came in shortly before 1 a.m. on Tuesday.

Because incendiary materials were found at the scene, the case was transferred to the Montreal police arson squad.

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Allaire Morin said the station was not in use as it remains under construction as part of the expansion of Montreal’s light-rail network, known as the REM (Réseau express métropolitain).

As of Tuesday afternoon, no suspects had been identified.

Allaire Morin said material damages to the REM, resulting from the fire, were “important.”

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