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Search underway for suspects after Oshawa funeral home intentionally set on fire: Durham police

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Police in Durham Region are probing an arson at the McIntosh-Anderson-Kellam Funeral Home funeral home in Oshawa on Sept. 7. (Simon Sheehan/CP24)

Police in Durham Region are probing an arson at a funeral home in Oshawa, Ont., earlier this month.

The incident happened on Sept. 7 at the McIntosh-Anderson-Kellam Funeral Home located at 152 King St. E., west of Ritson Road South.

Durham Regional Police Service said they were called to that address just after 4 a.m. for an assist-fire call.

There, officers helped with traffic control as Oshawa Fire Services worked to extinguish the fire at the funeral home, they said in a news release.

“Through further investigation, it was determined that the fire was caused as a result of arson,” police said.

No injuries have been reported.

Oshawa funeral home arson Sept. 7 Police in Durham Region are probing an arson at the McIntosh-Anderson-Kellam Funeral Home funeral home in Oshawa on Sept. 7. (Simon Sheehan/CP24)

Investigators are now searching for unknown suspects in connection with this incident.

They’re asking anyone with cell phone, dashcam, surveillance footage, or information about this incident to contact Det. Chambers, of the Central East Division Criminal Investigations Branch, at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 1705, or Crime Stoppers anonymously.