A suspicious car fire in Verdun is being investigated by Montreal police Achi-News

The Montreal Police Department (SPVM) is investigating after a car burst into flames in the Verdun district.

Firefighters were called to the suspicious fire, in a parking lot behind the Douglas University Institute of Mental Health, at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.

They extinguished the flames quickly.

According to Manuel Couture, a spokesman for the Montreal police, the car is a total loss, but nothing else around it was damaged.

The police are working to find out the circumstances that led to the fire.