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Stereo nightclub fire was arson: Montreal police
In 2003, patrons party at Stereo, a popular club on Ste. Catherine St. E. The club sustained major damage in a fire Monday night, only days before its scheduled grand reopening.
Photograph by: Phil Carpenter, Gazette file photo
A Tuesday morning fire at the popular nightclub Stereo in the Gay Village was arson, Montreal police confirmed.
The fire started shortly after 4 a.m. and was put out in less than an hour.
After an investigation, an arson squad confirmed that accelerants were found on the scene.
The blaze marks the second time in just over a year that the popular destination at 858 Ste. Catherine St. E. has been targeted.
Stereo was scheduled to launch an extravagant five-day reopening on Sept. 3 after a fire gutted it in July 2008.
No one was charged in that arson. The police have no suspects in this morning's blaze, either.
"It's still too early to say if the two are linked," said Montreal police Constable Annie Lemieux, who also commented that the accelerant was "not a Molotov cocktail."
A female security guard discovered the fire after hearing "what sounded like a small explosion" at 4:15 a.m., Lemieux said.
The three-floor building sustained major damage before firemen could extinguish the conflagration.
Arson investigators are still on the scene.
In 2003, patrons party at Stereo, a popular club on Ste. Catherine St. E. The club sustained major damage in a fire Monday night, only days before its scheduled grand reopening.
Photograph by: Phil Carpenter, Gazette file photo
A Tuesday morning fire at the popular nightclub Stereo in the Gay Village was arson, Montreal police confirmed.
The fire started shortly after 4 a.m. and was put out in less than an hour.
After an investigation, an arson squad confirmed that accelerants were found on the scene.
The blaze marks the second time in just over a year that the popular destination at 858 Ste. Catherine St. E. has been targeted.
Stereo was scheduled to launch an extravagant five-day reopening on Sept. 3 after a fire gutted it in July 2008.
No one was charged in that arson. The police have no suspects in this morning's blaze, either.
"It's still too early to say if the two are linked," said Montreal police Constable Annie Lemieux, who also commented that the accelerant was "not a Molotov cocktail."
A female security guard discovered the fire after hearing "what sounded like a small explosion" at 4:15 a.m., Lemieux said.
The three-floor building sustained major damage before firemen could extinguish the conflagration.
Arson investigators are still on the scene.
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