Barrie police have released a video of a suspect catching fire after an arson reportedly happened at a local motorcycle repair shop on Welham Road.
Officers were called to investigate the blaze at Hawg Worx just after 1 a.m. Sunday as Barrie firefighters were at the scene extinguishing the fire, a Barrie police spokesperson confirmed.
“The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal attended to assist due to the suspicious nature of the fire,” said Peter Leon, the Barrie Police Service’s corporate communications co-ordinator.
“Through their assistance, we’ve been able to continue on now and have been able to determine that it was, in fact, an arson.”
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According to Leon, Hawg Worx had been entered and set ablaze before the suspects fled on foot.
A video released by the Barrie Police Service shows two suspects, one with flames on the upper thigh area. The video shows the person on fire diving into a ditch of water that extinguishes the flames.
“The two of them run off, probably to a vehicle that’s in the area,” Leon said. “We don’t have any description of the vehicle or the individuals.”
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