Two suspicious fires along 9 Avenue North under investigation
LETHBRIDGE, AB – Police and fire crews in Lethbridge are investigating two suspicious house fires.
According to a release from Lethbridge Police Service, the incidents occurred within a two-block radius late Wednesday night, August 21. At around 9:56 p.m., emergency crews responded to a 911 call reporting a house fire along the 900 block of 9 Avenue North.
18 firefighters from three stations attended and flames were extinguished within an hour.
While crews were on scene, a woman approached a police officer and reported that there had been multiple fires inside her own home, two blocks away, that she had put out herself.