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Police investigating 4 Cambridge fires set within 30 minutes

File photo of a City of Cambridge Fire Department truck in Preston. Nick Westoll / File / Global News

Waterloo Regional Police say they are investigating a series of fires along Franklin Boulevard in Cambridge that all happened within 30 minutes early Tuesday morning.

The first was reported at around 12:50 a.m. in the area of Franklin Boulevard and Sheldon Drive, where a metal bin outside a business was set on fire.

Another fire was reported five minutes later in a dumpster down the street at Avenue Road and then a sign was set on fire at Bishop Street North at 1 a.m.

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Police said a fourth fire was reported at about 1:20 a.m. at Glamis Road, where a garbage can went up in flames.

All of the fires were extinguished by the Cambridge Fire Department.

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Investigators are looking for surveillance video from businesses and residents along Franklin Boulevard. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 519-570-9777.

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