{"id":634335,"date":"2026-04-28T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634335\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:57:08","slug":"another-tow-truck-fire-reported-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634335\/","title":{"rendered":"Another tow truck fire reported in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arson is suspected in another tow truck fire reported overnight in Brampton.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews responded to the tow truck fire in a residential driveway in the Balmoral Drive and Dixie Road area of Brampton just after 3 a.m. on Tuesday, a Peel Regional Police spokesperson told INsauga.com.<\/p>\n<p>The fire has been deemed an arson, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>There is no suspect information at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Police said it is too early to know whether the fire is connected to tow truck fires reported last week.<\/p>\n<p>Brampton Fire crews responded to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/multiple-tow-truck-fires-reported-in-brampton-overnight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">four tow truck fires<\/a> at three different homes starting shortly after 1 a.m. on April 21. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/shootings-fires-reported-overnight-in-brampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Two shootings<\/a> were also reported overnight on April 21.<\/p>\n<p>Tow truck fires have been reported several times in Brampton and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/tow-truck-fire-in-early-morning-hours-prompts-police-probe-in-mississauga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mississauga<\/a>, and have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/tow-truck-turf-wars-believed-to-be-behind-arson-fires-in-brampton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">linked to turf wars\u00a0<\/a>in the Greater Toronto Area.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 37,035 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,310,043 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    915 VOTES<br \/>\n    Do you avoid public transit because of safety concerns?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arson is suspected in another tow truck fire reported overnight in Brampton. Emergency crews responded to the tow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-634335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}