LONGUEUIL -- Longueuil police are looking into what investigators have termed a suspicious fire of a house at the corner of Despres and Marmier streets on the South Shore.
According to the Longueuil fire department, more than 30 firefighters were called in to battle a blaze at a home that appears to have started in a metal trailer in the backyard, from where it spread to the house’s roof.
“I opened the door and I see a big orange light and I could see that the trailer was on fire,” said Michael Marier, a witness who lives across the street.
Two people on the premises managed to get to safety. The fire department transferred the investigation to police following a conversation with one of those people.
According to residents, the property had been a source of frustration with some neighbours because the people renting the property were working on cars on it and had left debris in the yard.
“They used it as a depot,” one resident told CTV News.
