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Police say a 22-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and arson after a person was found dead at the site of a restaurant fire north of Toronto.

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This article was published 18/02/2025 (523 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.

Police say a 22-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder and arson after a person was found dead at the site of a restaurant fire north of Toronto.

York Regional Police say they were called to a restaurant in King Township at around 3 a.m. Sunday for reports of a fire.

They say the place was engulfed in flames when emergency crews arrived and firefighters found a dead person inside once they extinguished the blaze.

Police say a 78-year-old Toronto man has died after he was hit by a car while trying to get his vehicle out of a snowbank. A York Regional Police patch is shown in Aurora, Ont. on Dec. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
Police say a 78-year-old Toronto man has died after he was hit by a car while trying to get his vehicle out of a snowbank. A York Regional Police patch is shown in Aurora, Ont. on Dec. 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

A Mississauga man has been charged with second-degree murder and arson in the case.

Police say the coroner’s office is still working to identify the body found inside the restaurant.

Investigators believe the incident was targeted and are asking anyone with information or video footage of the fire to come forward.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2025.

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