Niagara Regional Police (NRPS) have charged a 55-year-old woman in connection with a structure fire in Fort Erie.
Investigators say the blaze happened in the area of Bertie Street and Central Avenue just before midnight on Saturday night.
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“As the Fort Erie Fire Department worked to control the fire and extinguish the flame, 5 District officers began investigating reports of a female suspect seen leaving the scene carrying a gas can,” NRPS said in a release.
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The accused, a Fort Erie resident, made her first appearance in a Hamilton court on Sunday.
Anyone with information on the fire can reach out to NRPS.
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