The London Fire Department technical rescue team responds after a woman fell down an embankment along the Thames River, June 15, 2020. Photo courtesy of the London Fire Department.The London Fire Department technical rescue team truck. June 15, 2020. Photo courtesy of the London Fire Department.
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Police investigate double arson in downtown London

London police are probing a pair of suspicious fires that broke out east of the downtown core early Monday morning.

Emergency crews responded to two working fires at residential buildings on Dundas Street near Maitland Street at around 7:45 a.m.

Firefighters arrived on the scene and managed to put both blazes out. No injuries were reported.

Fire investigators subsequently concluded that both fires were suspicious. The case has since been assigned to London police with assistance from the London Fire Department.

Damage is estimated at around $200,000 for both buildings.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the London Police Service at 519- 661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Information can also be sent online anonymously to London Middlesex Crime Stoppers.

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