(EDWARDSBURGH-CARDINAL, ON) – One person has been arrested and charged following two suspicious fires and a two-vehicle collision.
On Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at approximately 4:00 a.m., members of the Grenville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Fire Department were called to a house fire on Adelaide Street in Cardinal. The home was gutted in the blaze.
One of the fire department’s pick-up trucks was stolen from the fire scene. It was involved in a collision with another vehicle on County Road 2 and then fled. There were no injuries, but the other vehicle sustained heavy damage.
While still at the original fire scene, a second fire was reported. This one was at the fire hall on Dishaw Street in Cardinal. A male was seen running away.
Officers located the stolen truck near the second fire scene and one person was taken into custody.
Michael MOORE, age 40 of Cardinal, has been charged with:
- Arson-damage to property
- Assault with a weapon
- Dangerous operation
- Operation while impaired
- Failure to stop after an accident
- Possession of property obtained by crime-over $5000
- Theft of a vehicle
- Fail to comply with a probation order
The investigation into the initial housefire is ongoing by Grenville OPP Crime Unit, in collaboration with the Office of the Fire Marshal.
The accused was remanded in custody, with a bail hearing scheduled to continue before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brockville on Friday, October 17, 2025.