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Police are asking for help in finding a small blue vehicle used in a fire and a man seen in a grey Honda Civic in connection to a separate incident.

Salma Zahid — who represents the riding of Scarborough Centre-Don Valley East — confirmed two cars at her home were destroyed during the overnight fire on Aug. 27.

Previously, a home was engulfed in flames in an alleged arson, and a second attempted arson almost took place in the same block as Sunday's incident.

Around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday, police and firefighters were called to an address in the area of Bellamy Road North and Lawrence Avenue East to respond to the fire.

A B.C. court heard that the man who was captured on surveillance and quickly identified by store management and police immediately after the fire, had confessed to the crime.

Police say they responded to the 0-100 block of Cityline Common Northeast around 2 a.m. after getting calls that multiple vehicles were on fire.

Emergency services say they responded to a report of a religious building on fire early Monday morning in the Acadian community of Saint-Simon, N.B.

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District said RCMP are investigating three fires in a ditch on Squilax Anglemont Road that were reported around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

On Friday, the B.C. Prosecution Service confirmed that Andrew James Dent has been charged with arson and resisting a peace officer in connection with the fire.

The Old Trails Fire is one of three major blazes burning around Spokane, forcing some 67,000 people to evacuate and destroying at least 700 structures.

Police said all hypotheses remain on the table, but investigators have not determined a motive and are not treating it as a hate crime at this stage.

Saskatoon police are assigning an arson investigator to look into the cause of a blaze that ripped through a construction portion of Bethlehem Catholic High School Friday.

Fire crews were called to a home on Gatcombe Circle in the Regent Street and Elgin Mills Road area just after 2 a.m. Friday morning. 

A fire set at a Walmart in the south Winnipeg caused millions of dollars in damage and resulted in arson-related charges for a 47-year-old man.

Around 2:45 a.m., police officers and firefighters were called to 936 Eglinton Avenue West, the address of 3 Eggs All Day Grill, near Bathurst Street.

A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, the U.K. government said Monday.

Officers were dispatched to the scene on Jean-Talon Street near 22 Avenue in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood shortly after 5 a.m. Monday after receiving reports of a fire.

The company says that shoplifting losses at that store are double what other locations see on average and it spends thousands on security to keep staff and customers safe.

Three people from the home were taken to hospital where Mark Bosadas Marmeto, 35, died the following day while the two others were treated for 'life-altering' burns.

When pleading guilty, 19-year-old Hiram Carrero admitted to intentionally setting a piece of paper on fire that harmed the victim, who was sleeping when the incident occurred.