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Police investigate 'suspicious' fires in three Langley, B.C., homes

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 02 Apr, 2025 11:04 AM
  • Police investigate 'suspicious' fires in three Langley, B.C., homes

Mounties in Langley, B.C., say they are investigating threeseparate house fires that broke out early Tuesday. 

Police say fire crews were first called at 3:15 a.m. to a fire in a home in the 19900 block of 76 Ave. 

When they arrived, a second home was also reported to be ablaze in the same neighbourhood.

A third fire was called in two hours later just a few blocks away. 

The RCMP say all three homes were abandoned and had been slated for demolition. 

Sgt. Zynal Sharoom of the Langley RCMP says the fires are being treated as suspicious

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 1, 2025. 

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