VIDEO: Houses set ablaze in Ontario town; police hunt arsonists [Video]

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Video released by police appears to show the moment two houses were deliberately set ablaze in an Ontario town north of Toronto over the weekend.

York Regional Police said it happened early Saturday in the Township of King.

At around 6:30 a.m., officers responded to a new-build residential area near 15th Sideroad and Charles Baker Drive, east of Keele Street, police said.

Two homes were engulfed in flames when officers arrived.

Both houses were under construction and unoccupied at the time, police said. No injuries were reported.

“Video from the area shows two suspects arrive in a newer-model grey Dodge Durango,” police said.

“The suspects exit the vehicle and each retrieve jerrycans from the trunk. They then approach two separate homes and light them on fire before fleeing eastbound on Bud Willmot Way.”

Police said both suspects are males who were wearing all black clothing and black …