Cloverdale fire: Edmonton neighbourhood residents say house an arson target [Video]

People in the central Edmonton neighbourhood of Cloverdale say arson is to blame for a weekend house fire and that extortion notes were left outside neighbouring homes.

Neighbours of the targeted house on 95 Street – home to a family with two young children – said no one was injured in the fire that destroyed it and that the home next to it was significantly damaged.

In an email to residents, the president of the neighbourhood community league said the Sunday morning fire was an act of arson and that notes were left at other houses in the neighbourhood, adding that police said the fire was a random attack, not based on who lived in the house or the neighbourhood.

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