{"id":840923,"date":"2026-08-01T18:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840923\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T18:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:57:12","slug":"police-probe-suspected-arson-of-restaurant-in-montreals-cote-des-neiges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/840923\/","title":{"rendered":"Police probe suspected arson of restaurant in Montreal&#8217;s C\u00f4te-des-Neiges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montreal police\u2019s (SPVM) arson squad is investigating suspected arson of two businesses in Montreal\u2019s C\u00f4te-des-Neiges neighbourhood early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Police say a 911 call was received around 3:15 a.m. reporting a blaze near the intersection of D\u00e9carie Boulevard and Plamondon Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>According to SPVM spokesperson Rapha\u00ebl Bergeron, firefighters brought the flames under control after several hours.<\/p>\n<p>The building reportedly housing N\u00f6am, a kosher restaurant and another business sustained major damage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Image-22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-497842\" style=\"width:843px;height:auto\"  \/>The building housing Noam, a kosher restaurant, and another business on D\u00e9carie Boulevard in Montreal\u2019s C\u00f4te-des-Neiges neighbourhood sustained major damage after suspected arson on Aug. 1, 2026 (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>Bergeron said someone was reportedly seen leaving the premises shortly after the fire began, prompting authorities to transfer the case to the SPVM arson squad.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators were expected to examine the scene and review surveillance footage in an effort to identify the person. They will also speak to the restaurant owners about any possible threats were made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Image-24-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-497840\" style=\"width:891px;height:auto\"  \/>A security perimeter seen near a burned down Noam restaurant in Montreal\u2019s C\u00f4te-des-Neiges neighbourhood on Aug. 1, 2026 (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montreal police\u2019s (SPVM) arson squad is investigating suspected arson of two businesses in Montreal\u2019s C\u00f4te-des-Neiges neighbourhood early Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-840923","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\/840923","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=840923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}