Police say an apartment fire on Dartmouth's Queen Street was likely deliberately set.
Firefighters were called to the apartment at 88 Queen around 1 a.m. Wednesday.
When they arrived they could see flames coming from a second floor unit.
Police spokesman Brian Palmeter tells the Herald evidence gathered at the scene indicates the fire is suspicious.
A man quoted at the scene claims someone threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the unit.
Close to 30 people had to be evacuated. Most were let back in after the fire was put out.