City police say an 18-year-old London man has been charged in connection with a fire that left a school bus charred at A.B. Lucas Secondary School.
It was around 3:20 a.m. on Sunday when police say they responded to the high school on Tennant Avenue, east of Adelaide Street North, in London’s northeast end.
A number of area residents told 980 CFPL News they heard what sounded like an explosion. Officers say they arrived to find a full-sized school bus on fire.
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The vehicle-bound blaze was later extinguished by London firefighters. Investigators pegged damage at $60,000 and had deemed the fire suspicious earlier this week.
In an update issued on Wednesday, police said an 18-year-old London man had been arrested and charged with arson causing damage to property. The accused is set to appear in court on Wednesday.
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The school bus blaze came less than an hour before a separate suspicious vehicle fire at an address near Delaware and Horace streets, west of Highbury Avenue and Hamilton Road. Three people — two from London and one from Port Franks — face arson charges.
Police said the two incidents were not connected.
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