Arson possible in Malton fire
Posted June 21, 2011 7:08 am.
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Peel police have arrested the resident of a Malton house where a fire started overnight.
Firefighters put out the blaze at a semi-detached home on Redfox Road, near Airport Road and Morningstar Drive, around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
No one was seriously injured, but several people suffered smoke inhalation.
Officers took one woman into custody and are considering arson as a possible cause.
And for the second time in a year, Mississauga crews attended to a fire at an address on Ninth Line, near Highway 407 and Derry Road.
It took minutes to put out the flames, which had engulfed a shed around 2:30 a.m.
And a third fire damaged a kitchen on Palmvalley Drive, near Queen Street East and The Gore Road in Brampton around 5:30 a.m. It took about an hour to extinguish.
One woman was taken to hospital to be treated for minor smoke inhalation.
The family’s white lapdog escaped and went missing.
