Teens arrested after bus fire

LEAMINGTON — Four teenagers were arrested and charged with arson and mischief under $5,000 after an OPP investigation into school buses that were set on fire in Leamington last week.

A bus driver arriving for her morning shift on Thursday, March 18, was surprised to find the back of her bus on fire, which prompted a call to Leamington Fire Department, who arrived to find the bus and two more with fire damage.

The call came in around 5:25 am, and firefighters had it extinguished shortly thereafter.

When the smoke settled, two school buses belonging to Switzer Carty were destroyed and another four were damaged.

The four youth are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Leamington at a later date. They cannot be identified, under provisions of the Youth Justice Act.

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