Surrey, B.C., city hall sustains ‘significant’ damage in suspicious fire: police

SURREY — Police are investigating what they have deemed a suspicious fire outside the city hall in Surrey, B.C., which triggered the building’s interior sprinkler system.

The Surrey Police Service says officers arrived to find one side of the building engulfed in smoke after a call from firefighters at about 3:30 a.m. Monday.

Police say there were no reported injuries, but the fire caused “significant” property damage.

They say firefighters told police the blaze had likely started in a portable toilet set up against the side of the building and the heat had caused the exterior glass to break, allowing smoke to enter city hall and set off the sprinkler system.