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Witnesses, Video Sought As Arsons Target Vehicles In Underbuilding Residential Parking Areas

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Date Published: 19 Oct 2021, Last Updated: 15 May 2025

Date: Tuesday, October 19th, 2021Files: 21-42196, 21-42197 Witnesses, Video Sought As Arsons Target Vehicles In Underbuilding Residential Parking Areas Victoria, BC – Investigators are asking for your help after fires targeting vehicles were set in an underbuilding parking area of a multi-unit residential building and a nearby residential parking structure early this morning. Patrol officers were called to the building in the 800-block of Academy Close just before 3 a.m. for a report of a suspicious vehicle fire. When officers arrived, Victoria Fire Department firefighters were in the process of extinguishing the flames. Fire there damaged two vehicles, as well as the exterior walls and exterior floor of the above residential suite. The fire was determined to be arson. At the same time, a second person called 911 after spotting a small fire at a parking structure in the 900-block of Humboldt Street. Patrol officers attended and located evidence of a small, deliberately-set fire that had failed to fully ignite. In addition to the fires, the tires on several vehicles were punctured with syringes. There have been no injuries. These incidents are under investigation. If you have information about these incidents, dashcam or surveillance footage from these areas at between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. this morning,  please call our non-emergency line at (250) 995-7654 and press 1 to speak with the Report Desk. To report what you know anonymously, please call Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. -30-
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