Two suspects were arrested early this morning after a string of alleged arson fires targeting farm buildings and sugar shacks in Quebec’s Eastern Townships.
Provincial police say the six fires were reported at about 4 a.m. in Frelighsburg and Saint-Armand, two towns near the Quebec-Vermont border.
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The suspects were arrested around 7:30, according to police Sgt. Beatrice Dorsainville.
Nobody was hurt in the fires.
The force’s major crimes unit is investigating.
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