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Van filled with gasoline canisters is set ablaze outside Vancouver City Hall

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 07 Oct, 2024 11:27 AM
  • Van filled with gasoline canisters is set ablaze outside Vancouver City Hall
 

Police in Vancouver say a man has been arrested after setting fire to a van filled with containers of gasoline outside City Hall. 

They say in a post to social media that Vancouver Fire Rescue extinguished the blaze Sunday night and found about 100 litres of unburned gasoline in canisters inside the car. 

Fire department information officer Matthew Trudeau says several people reported the incident and firefighters were deployed around 5:15 p.m.

He says six fire trucks were sent to the fire — which was soon deemed incendiary — and crews remained on scene for about two hours.

Police closed West 12th Avenue between Cambie and Yukon for their arson investigation, but it had been reopened by Monday morning. 

They say in Sunday night's social media post that a man was arrested and no one was hurt. 

It says the suspect appears to have acted alone and the incident is isolated but his motivation is currently unknown.

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