A house fire that killed a 47-year-old man in Amherstburg, Ontario last week is now being investigated as an arson, the Windsor Police Service Amherstburg Detachment says.
Emergency crews were called to a home in the 100 block of Texas Road, near Stone Street, shortly before 9:30 p.m. on July 3. Firefighters from the Amherstburg Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze.
Once the fire was put out, firefighters searched the house and found the man inside. He was pulled from the home but was pronounced dead at the scene. His name has not been released.
Windsor police have since handed the case to their Arson Unit, which investigates suspicious fires. As of early July, the cause of the fire was still under investigation and no further details about what led officers to treat it as arson have been shared.
Texas Road is a residential street in the northern part of Amherstburg, a town of about 24,000 people just southwest of Windsor.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Windsor Police Arson Unit at 519-255-6700, extension 4330. Tips can also be left anonymously with Windsor & Essex County Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477 or online at catchcrooks.com. The Amherstburg detachment’s non-emergency line is 519-736-3622.
