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Windsor police nab arson suspect after downtown restaurant fire

Windsor police have arrested a 39-year-old woman and charged her with arson following an early morning fire at a downtown restaurant.

Fire caused around $75,000 in damage, police say

Emma Loop · CBC News ·
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The logo of the Windsor Police Service. (Dalson Chen/CBC)

Windsor police have arrested a 39-year-old woman and charged her with arson following an early morning fire at a downtown restaurant.

At roughly 3 a.m. Tuesday, officers responded to the 700 block of Wyandotte St. E., where firefighters were already working to put out the blaze at the unnamed eatery, Windsor Police Services said in a Wednesday press release. 

"No physical injuries were reported, but the fire caused an estimated $75,000 in damage to the building," WPS said.

Officers "quickly located and arrested" a female suspect three blocks away after reviewing surveillance footage, police said.

WPS said anyone with information about the case should contact their arson unit at 519-255-6700, ext. 4330, or Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477 (TIPS).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Emma Loop

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Emma Loop is a digital reporter/editor for CBC Windsor. She previously spent eight years covering politics, national security, and business in Washington, D.C. Before that, she covered Canadian politics in Ottawa. She has worked at the Windsor Star, Ottawa Citizen, Axios, and BuzzFeed News, where she was a member of the FinCEN Files investigative reporting team that was named a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting. She was born and raised in Essex County, Ont. You can reach her at emma.loop@cbc.ca.

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