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Serial arsonist who targeted B.C. restaurants sentenced to five plus years in prison

An arsonist who caused more than half a million dollars in damages when he set fire to two Metro Vancouver restaurants has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.

Police estimate the 3 fires caused over $500,000 in damages

A Vancouver fire truck is seen on the street with yellow caution tape in the foreground that says fire line, do not cross.
Steven Sorenson, 50, has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for arson after police say they combed through hundreds of hours of surveillance video to identify him. (David Horemans/CBC)

An arsonist who caused more than half a million dollars in damages when he set fire to two Metro Vancouver restaurants has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.

RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., say a court also sentenced Steven Sorenson last month to serve three years probation after his release.

Sorenson, who is 50 years old, was convicted by a B.C. Supreme Court judge in November for setting three fires, two of them in April 2020, targeting a Korean restaurant and a sushi restaurant in Burnaby.

Police say the fires caused extensive damage, and officers from the RCMP's economic crime unit reviewed hundreds of hours of surveillance video to identify the suspect in a "difficult and painstaking'' investigation.

Sorenson set a third fire on Nov. 6, 2020, at the same sushi restaurant he attacked months earlier, and police arrested and charged the man a week later. Police estimate the three fires caused more than $550,000 in damages.