A woman has been charged with several offences after Toronto police officers say a series of fires were set in the city’s north end.
According to a statement issued by the service Sunday afternoon, multiple calls reporting fires along Bathurst Street, south of Sheppard Avenue West, came in at around 6:45 a.m.
The statement alleged the suspect started a fire beside a lowrise residential building before going on to start two fires in the front vestibules of two highrise apartment buildings.
Investigators said a fire was later set at a shed behind a house before a separate fire was discovered at a dumpster at a highrise residential building.
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No one was injured in any of the incidents.
Officers said the accused was found by 32 Division officers and arrested.
The statement said 30-year-old Valentyna Popova was charged with five counts of arson endangering life, break and enter and breach of probation. It said she appeared in a Toronto courtroom Sunday morning.
The allegations haven’t been proven in court.
News Release – Woman arrested in arson investigation, Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue West area, Valentyna Popova, 30https://t.co/lLh524PYAQ pic.twitter.com/xTNdH7Y28I
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