House fire in Pembroke deemed suspicious; OPP looking for dark-coloured sedan

A house fire in Pembroke has been deemed suspicious.

Emergency services were called to a home on Everett Street around 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, May 19.

The Pembroke Fire Department responded and knocked down the fire which caused minor damage to the home.

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The occupants of the home escaped without injury.

As the fire is now considered suspicious, members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Crime Unit are assisting with the ongoing investigation.

Police are seeking to identify a small dark-coloured sedan/SUV that was observed in the area between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. the morning of the fire.

The OPP is also asking anyone with residential or commercial surveillance or in-car video from the area on May 19 to contact them at 613-732-3332 or Pembroke/Renfrew County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2-

2-TIPS (8477).