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Search for man in Hammonds Plains after jerry can lit on fire at gas station: RCMP

RCMP allege a man lit a fire at a Hammonds Plains gas station and then fled the scene. Angela Capobianco/Global News

RCMP officers were searching the Hammonds Plains Road area Friday morning for a man who may be injured, after allegedly attempting to light a jerry can on fire at a gas station.

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Police responded to the station at the intersection of Hammonds Plains Road and Kingswood Drive at around 7 a.m.

RCMP later said they believed the 40-year-old man may be in crisis and was considered missing at that point.

The search has included the use of a police k-9 unit and a helicopter.

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