Thunder Bay Police are looking for a suspect in two cases of arson including a Hartland Street fire that resulted in an international student being sent to the hospital in critical condition.
Police learned of another residential fire that took place in the early morning hours of July 8th in the 400 block of Queen Street and are now treating it as arson as well.
19-year-old Steffin Sam Varghese of Bangalore, India is wanted by police in relation to the two fires from the end of June and early July.
If you have any information that could assist investigators in locating the suspect please call police at 684-1200 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.
Police are also aware that a substantial amount of misinformation is being circulated about these incidents online. As a result, the public is being asked to avoid sharing information from media sources that cannot attribute their information directly to TBPS, TBFR, or the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshall.
