A fire suspected to be caused by a chicane of neighbors?

Photo Agence QMI, Pascal Girard
Residents of the eight homes were found in the street after the violent fire.

Frederique Giguere

Friday, 5 January 2018 20:38

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A feud between the neighbors for the noise could be at the origin of a fire, the suspect who has thrown a dozen tenants montreal at the street just after the New Year.

The violent blaze started in a housing of the ground-floor Wednesday evening, shortly after 20 h. The fire quickly spread to the eight apartments of the building located on the rue Tardif, at the corner of avenue Monty, in Montreal-North. Despite the efforts of firefighters, the building was heavily damaged by the flames. It is, therefore, more livable.

Photo Agence QMI, Pascal Girard

The smoke came out of the windows.

Conflict between residents

The investigation was quickly transferred to the Montreal police as some suspicious items have been raised by the fire department.

First, when the first responders arrived on the scene, two tenants were quarrelling outside and blamed one another for the fire that had just taken place.

What’s more, a few days earlier, agents of the SPVM had to go to this address for a fight between these same two tenants, in particular by reason of noise, was told by the owner of the property, who preferred to conceal his name.

According to our information, one of them would have threatened to burn the building. Moreover, it is in his apartment as the fire was localized.

Without insurance

The residents, all without insurance, have lost most of their property. Some are hosted by friends or family, while others are staying temporarily in a hotel in the city centre offered by the Red Cross.

This is particularly the case of Jean-Max Thélisma, for that the year 2018 has not begun. The young man remembers very well the quarrel that occurred in the common area of her apartment building a few days ago. Its two neighbors shouted insults at him and screaming in the early morning.

“It was difficult to understand what they said as they mixed the French, English and creole, has told the affected. When the police came, it subsided. “

Not new

And it was far from the first time that the residents of the building were to enter a feud of neighbours, if one relies on Sherlande Telusma, who also lives in the building.

“The last two or three weeks, they chicanent almost every night, and it is mainly in the middle of the night, said the young woman. It’s non-stop. “

The threats were made shortly before the fire by one of the residents, shall ensure that the hypothesis favoured by the police is that of the arson. The investigators of the arson strike force in charge of the folder have not yet finished interviewing all the victims. For the moment, no arrest has been made in this story.