FROM: Corporate Communications
DATE: October 11, 2025
SOUTH SIMCOE POLICE INVESTIGATE SUSPICIOUS FIRE
(INNISFIL, ON) – On Thursday, October 9, 2025, at around 11:30 p.m., the Innisfil Fire Department alerted South Simcoe Police to a suspicious fire.
Officers responded to a vacant condominium building in Innisfil and found evidence of an intentionally set fire outside the building. A short distance away, they also discovered signs of a second attempted fire. The area was secured, and the Criminal Investigation Bureau took over the investigation. No one was injured as the building was vacant and the damage from the fires was minimal.
Police determined that a male suspect, wearing dark coloured clothing and a mask covering a portion of their face, approached the property and set both fires before fleeing the area on foot.
Police are asking anyone who might have information about this incident to contact the South Simcoe Police Service Criminal Investigation Bureau at 905-775-3311 or investigations@southsimcoepolice.ca. Additionally, anyone with information who wishes to remain anonymous can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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