Overview

• Montreal police are investigating a deliberate car fire at Émile Benamor's home in Dorval, Quebec, early Thursday morning.
• Benamor owns two Old Montreal buildings where two separate fires have claimed nine lives over the past 19 months.
• This incident marks the second criminal attack involving Benamor's properties this month, following a shooting at his Old Montreal office.
• Police found a gas can next to the burned vehicle, suggesting the use of an accelerant, but no injuries or further property damage were reported.
• Two men have been charged with second-degree murder in connection to the most recent fatal fire on October 4, which killed a mother and daughter.