Montreal police investigate four arsons overnight within two-hour span

Montreal police say four businesses were targeted by arson within the span of two hours early this morning.

Firefighters were called to a blaze in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district where a Molotov cocktail was tossed inside a business on Monkland Avenue at about 3:35 a.m., causing heavy damage and forcing evacuations.

Earlier, three fires were set between 1:40 a.m. and 2:45 a.m., all involving incendiary objects tossed through windows.

Three commercial buildings in the Rivière-des-Prairies district and St-Laurent borough were targeted but suffered minor damage.