Man Throws A Lit Gas Can At A Couple, Lighting One Of Them On Fire

Posted • January 27, 2025: Two people were injured after a man lit a gas can on fire and threw it at them on Monday evening, Prince Albert police say. A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident, after police in the Saskatchewan city allege he also set two vehicles on fire. The incident began shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, when police were contacted by the Prince Albert Fire Department with a report of a vehicle on fire in the 600 block of 18th Street W., in the city's northwest. The officers found one vehicle on fire when they arrived, and another vehicle that had been damaged by fire. The blaze was put out by the fire department, police said in a Tuesday news release.