Police are investigating after Cobourg Fire Department responded to a dumpster fire on Strathy Road on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
Shortly before 6 a.m. firefighters were dispatched to a garbage bin on fire at the rear of a security business.
Firefighters determined a fire had started beside the bin and may have been burning for a length of time before being spotted by a person on their way to work.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire.
There was a considerable amount of smoke inside the business, but damage was confined to the siding and roll-up door.
Cobourg Police are investigating and have security video of the rear of the business.
Police have not issued a press release at this time.
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