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Man charged with arson, attempted murder after 2 fires in Jane and Finch area

A 22-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged following two fires in the Jane Street and Finch Avenue West area on Sunday afternoon.

Police say a snowmobile and bus were set on fire on Sunday afternoon

The fire caused damage to a home, but no one was injured, say police. (Garry Asselstine/CBC)

A Toronto man has been arrested and chargedfollowing two fires in the Jane and Finch areaon Sunday afternoon.

Toronto police said the man, 22, was charged with 13 offences,including attempted murder andarson, after the fires near Grandravine Drive and Sentinel Road.

Police allege the manset fire to a snowmobile in thedriveway of a home on Clayhall Crescent.The fire then spread to the house, which containedfour people.

Nobody was injured, according to Toronto Fire Services.

The man thenallegedly set fire to a bus parked at nearby Lamberton Public School on Lamberton Boulevard.

He was scheduled to appear in court on Monday morning.

Toronto Fire estimated the dollar value of the damage to the house at$80,000. They are still investigating the cause of the fire.

A school bus was set on fire at Lamberton Public School. (Garry Asselstine/CBC)