The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is investigating a suspicious fire that targeted a commercial and industrial building in Brownsburg-Chatham, in the Laurentians, on Tuesday.
The call came in around 4:20 a.m. for a fire that broke out in the building of a public works company located on Route du Nord.
Several fire departments from neighboring towns were called to the rescue to lend a hand to the Brownsburg-Chatham firefighters.
The investigation has been transferred to the SQ, which will try to determine the causes and circumstances of this fire, spokesperson Marythé Bolduc confirmed.
A security perimeter has been erected to allow investigators to carry out their work, it was added.
The extent of the damage caused by the blaze is unknown at this time.