Thugs Try to Torch Liquid Lounge in N.D.G.

A dive bar on Sherbrooke was the victim of a firebomb attempt at 4:20 a.m., The Gazette reports today.

Witnesses told Montreal police they saw a suspicious man driving off in a vehicle about 4:20 a.m. from a bar near the corner of Sherbrooke St. W. and Claremont Ave.

The fire broke out in the back of the bar, Montreal police spokesperson Denis Richer said.

A source tells Eater Montreal that the bar is Liquid Lounge and that police have cordoned off the block. No arrests have been made.

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