It was around 3:45 a.m. when 911 was notified of the incident by a fire alarm available to the establishment located on Curé-Labelle Boulevard, in Chomedey.

The first of the 4 Laval Fire Department units required for the intervention, i.e., 14 firefighters, arrived on site at 3:54 AM.

At this time, the sappers easily saw smoke coming from inside the restaurant whose sprinkler system had been activated.

Suspicious details

A window was found to have been smashed with what appears to be a Molotov cocktail.

After ensuring that no one was inside, when the business was effectively unoccupied, the firefighters quickly brought the fire under control, giving control at the stroke of 3:56 AM; certainly, helped by the efficiency of the sprinklers.

The action of the latter will have limited the material damage to $10,000 for the commercial building and $3,000 for its contents.

Investigation

Due to the suspicious items found at the scene, firefighters immediately transferred the investigation to the Service de police de Laval (SPL).

A crime scene was still in progress on the morning of Thursday, March 9, pending SPL investigators and forensic identification specialists.

Not a first Recall that the Nuits de Beyrouth restaurant had already been visited by a criminal hand on November 7 and 8, 2022; other incidents of a similar nature had also occurred in the past at this location.

It should also be noted that last October, the SPL made public the arrest of five individuals accused notably of arson, most of them caused on Curé-Labelle Boulevard, and intimidation of Laval’s restaurateurs.

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In 2021, firefighters received 5,706 emergency calls, including 257 for building fires. Of those, 63 fires required an alert level (alert level of 1 to 5) with a significant firefighters deployment.

That performance is the result of major investments with the implementation of the GPS system in intervention vehicles, as well as the addition of a pumper at the Saint-François barracks in order to ensure the protection of citizens.

A new firefighters collective agreement (2019-2024) has also been signed, with the addition of the level 1 first responder service. This new service will save several lives every year, while having a major impact for Laval citizens.

“When calling the fire department, we’re often experiencing a crisis situation, and a few minutes can make a huge difference,” said Sandra Desmeules, member of the executive committee, municipal councillor for Concorde-Bois-de-Boulogne, and responsible for public safety. “Therefore, I applaud the work of our firefighters, who aren’t hesitating to put in place new practices to intervene more quickly, and more effectively. The fact they’re able to do so in less than 10 minutes in 97 per cent of the situations, so beyond the target of the 90 per cent targeted by the Ministry of Public Security, is exceptional and deserves to be underlined.” (A.B.)

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