Thursday, April 18, 2024

3 playgrounds set on fire in Burlington, arson suspected

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Halton Regional Police are investigating after three separate playgrounds in Burlington were set on fire.

Emergency crews were called to Lansdown Park on Hannibal Rd. early Sunday morning to put out a fire at the playground that was fully engulfed in flames.

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Investigators say it’s similar to two other playground fires that happened within the last week. On June 3, a smouldering fire causing heavy smoke inside a children’s play tube was extinguished by crews at Emerson Park on Sutton Drive.

The second incident happened on June 10 at the playground outside of St. Anne Elementary School on Doug Wright Drive.

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All fires caused damage to the play structures.

Members of the Halton Regional Police Criminal Investigations Bureau continue to investigate and are treating each incident as arson.

Anyone with information pertaining to the fires is asked to contact police.

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