Police are searching for a 68-year old woman in connection with an arson spree in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district overnight.
Several garbage cans on Sicard Street were set alight around midnight. Witnesses saw someone fleeing the scene but were not able to give police a detailed description.
Firefiighters and police were still on the scene an hour later when calls started coming in to 9-1-1 about a fire set inside an apartment building a short distance away.
All the tenants got out safely and damage was minimal.
Police established a tentative connection between that fire and those in nearby garbage cans and announced they were seeking a 68-year old female suspect.