{"id":849377,"date":"2026-08-07T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849377\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T12:16:27","slug":"tow-truck-torched-in-brampton-driveway-overnight-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/849377\/","title":{"rendered":"Tow truck torched in Brampton driveway overnight, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peel Regional Police are investigating after a tow truck was deliberately set on fire in the driveway of a Brampton home early Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Officers were called to Vauxhall Crescent, near Creditview Road and Sandalwood Parkway, around 3:10 a.m. for reports of a vehicle engulfed in flames. When crews arrived, they found a tow truck burning in the driveway of a home.<\/p>\n<p>There was no damage to the house, and no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>A Peel police spokesperson tells CityNews officers are investigating the cause of the blaze but have not yet determined whether it is suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice responded to a call at 3:10 a.m. in relation to a vehicle on fire. The vehicle is a tow truck. Officers are currently investigating the cause of the fire,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>No further details have been released, and investigators are expected to canvass the neighbourhood Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Brampton-tow-truck-fire-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tOfficers were called to Vauxhall Crescent, near Creditview Road and Sandalwood Parkway, around 3:10 a.m. for reports of a vehicle engulfed in flames. Photo: Ricardo Alfonso\/CityNews. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peel Regional Police are investigating after a tow truck was deliberately set on fire in the driveway of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-849377","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\/849377","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=849377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}