El Khawa
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Twice in Late August They Could Not Get It to Burn, and at Ten Past Four This Morning It Did: a Third Suspected Arson at the El Khawa Restaurant on Jean-Talon Est Leaves Nine Apartments Evacuated and Three Floors Written Off (September 17, 2026)
First reported Thursday, September 17, 2026 at 6:59 a.m. Eastern by CTV News Montreal, with The Canadian Press following at 1:11 p.m. The SPVM received a 911 call at approximately 4:10 a.m. for a fire at a commercial unit on rue Jean-Talon Est in the Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension borough, near 22nd Avenue. The building’s nine apartments were…