Lambton OPP is advising residents within the Watford space to be vigilant as officers examine an unspecified variety of suspicious fires.
OPP issued a short assertion in regards to the ongoing investigation over social media on Tuesday.
“Lambton OPP, along with [Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal] are [investigating] a number of suspicious fires within the Watford space which occurred during the last [two] months,” learn the publish.
Provincial Police did not specify what number of fires have been being investigated, whether or not they have been all linked, the dates during which they occurred, or the forms of harm reported.
However, an announcement from the investigating detective sergeant was emailed to Sarnia News Today.
“There have been a number of fires over the summer season months within the rural Watford space,” learn the OPP assertion. “We are within the early phases of investigating and wish the general public to be vigilant and report in the event that they observe something suspicious.”
Sarnia News Today reached out to Watford’s hearth chief and the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal however no different particulars have been launched.
“The Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM) is remitted to analyze the trigger, origin, and circumstances of any hearth or of any explosion or situation that within the opinion of the Fire Marshal might need brought on a fireplace, explosion, lack of life or harm to property,” learn an emailed response from the OFM. “Any willpower of suspicion in these occasions is as much as native police. There are instances the place a fire-related incident ends in concurrent police and OFM investigations nonetheless they’re separate and we can’t converse to any police investigations.”
Anyone with data regarding the investigation is requested to contact OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Sarnia-Lambton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).
