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Montreal mosque damaged by vehicle fire
Authorities say no one was injured and no fire spread inside the mosque as investigators continue to examine the cause.
- On Friday, July 31, a truck fire damaged the exterior of the Baitul Mukarram Mosque in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges borough, with approximately 50 firefighters responding to the 2 a.m. blaze.
- Mosque president Mohammad Hayat Khan stated he repeatedly asked the city to remove a box trailer that had been parked beside the building for more than 10 years, though his requests were never fulfilled.
- Since Friday evening, the mosque has remained closed due to smoke damage; Khan said "the carpets absorbed all of the fumes" and the community is "shocked and emotional" as they suspend five daily prayers.
- Early Saturday, a separate fire destroyed Niam, a Jewish-owned kosher restaurant on Décarie Boulevard, which Montreal police's arson squad is investigating as suspected arson with no determined motive.
- CDN-NDG Mayor Stephanie Valenzuela expressed concern about the consecutive fires, while the Canadian Muslim Forum stated the mosque incident heightened community anxiety amid rising Islamophobia, though authorities have not indicated any connection.
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Montreal fire department probes after truck fire damages mosque in Côte-des-Neiges
Montreal’s Fire Department (SIM) is investigating after a truck fire damaged a mosque in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood early Friday morning. According to SIM spokesperson Anik Vaillancourt, a 911 call was received just after 2 a.m. reporting the fire in a truck parked between Baitul Mukarram Mosque and another building located on De Courtrai Avenue. The […]
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The neighbourhood of Côte-des-Neiges, in Montreal, was the scene of two fires during the night of Friday to Saturday, one touching a kosher restaurant, and the other, a mosque.
·Montreal, Canada
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