Old Montreal fire: two suspects arrested [Video]

Montreal police arrested two young adults in connection with the deadly fire in Old Montreal last week that killed a mother and her young daughter.

The two men, aged 18 and 20, were arrested Friday in the city’s Saint-Laurent and Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve boroughs, said the head of the police’s major crime section, Jean-Sébastien Caron, at a news conference. One of the suspects was arrested at a residence, while the other was arrested on the street.

Police allege the older suspect started the fire after throwing an incendiary device into the building, while the teenager drove a getaway vehicle after the fire broke out.

The five-alarm blaze on Oct. 4 killed Léonor Geraudie, 43, and her seven-year-old daughter, Vérane Reynaud-Geraudie. Both were French nationals.

At the time of the fire, there were 25 people inside the three-storey, 160-year-old building in the city’s historic district. Two people were seriously injured, including one who …