VANCOUVER – Police say they’ve linked a ninth fire to a string of arsons that have put an upscale Vancouver neighbourhood on edge.
Police spokeswoman Const. Jana McGuinness says police have concluded a hedge fire in early August is likely linked to the work of one or more people who have been setting blazes in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood since June.
McGuinness says officers found the burnt hedge on Aug. 9 after someone in the neighbourhood reported a suspicious person was lurking about.
It’s unclear when the hedge was set ablaze, but police now say it’s linked to a string of arsons that have included garage and alley fires, but also one Aug. 5 that almost destroyed a house, sending its terrified owner into the street in her pyjamas.
McGuinness says two fires in a neighbourhood further east of Shaughnessy that appeared to be deliberately set early Friday are not connected.
Police are telling Shaughnessy residents to store their garbage and recycling in a secure area and to avoid putting it out until the morning of collection.
Local news from metronews.ca/vancouver
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