{"id":533800,"date":"2026-03-13T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533800\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:58:08","slug":"suspected-arson-destroys-two-vehicles-in-st-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/533800\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected arson destroys two vehicles in St-L\u00e9onard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two vehicles were reduced to charred wreckage early Friday after a fire believed to be intentionally set in\u00a0Saint\u2011L\u00e9onard.<\/p>\n<p>The blaze was reported around 2 a.m. when a 911 caller alerted Montreal police (SPVM)\u00a0to burning vehicles on D\u2019Antibes Street near De L\u2019Aiglon Street in\u00a0Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Responding officers found a pickup truck and an SUV already engulfed in flames. Crews from the city\u2019s fire department quickly put out the fire before it could spread.<\/p>\n<p>Residents living in nearby apartments were temporarily asked to leave their units as a safety precaution while emergency crews worked. They were allowed to return once the situation was under control.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities say both vehicles were completely destroyed, though surrounding buildings were not damaged and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Early findings suggest someone used an incendiary substance to ignite the vehicles before leaving the scene. The investigation has been taken over by the police department\u2019s arson unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two vehicles were reduced to charred wreckage early Friday after a fire believed to be intentionally set in\u00a0Saint\u2011L\u00e9onard.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-533800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}