A residence on Boulevard Westley, in the Saint-Hubert borough in Longueuil, was the target on Sunday of a fire that the police qualified as a suspect.
The flames declared themselves around 4 p.m. in the 5025 Westley in this “visibly” abandoned house, said the Police Service for the Longueuil Agglomeration (SPAL). Around 7:25 p.m., the police, who came to assistance to the firefighters, established that “elements suggest that the fire could have been provoked intentional”, specifies the spokesperson of Spal François Boucher.
“Fortunately there is no one injured in this event and the fire has not spread to other buildings,” said Boucher.
The sections of the judicial identity and the surveys of the SPAL were called to the scene in order to specify the circumstances of this fire, for which there is not any arrest for the moment. “Was the house temporarily occupied by squatters, are there people who have not owned the premises who could have introduced themselves to it?” We appeal to the public, to anyone who has witnessed certain trips before or directly after the fire, “said the spokesperson.
According to the role of land assessment, the residence belongs to a company of Longueuil of “Promotion and construction of individual houses”, 9301-7275 Quebec inc., Belonging to the property developer Lingbo du. This company has been the subject of numerous reports since 2021 on residences and buildings purchased and then abandoned, in particular the Motel Oscar, on Boulevard Taschereau.
