{"id":924352,"date":"2026-10-07T19:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/924352\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:04:11","slug":"vancouver-police-investigating-after-mans-pant-leg-set-on-fire-in-unprovoked-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/924352\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver police investigating after man&#8217;s pant leg set on fire in unprovoked attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says it is investigating after an unprovoked attack early Wednesday that resulted in a man\u2019s pant leg being set on fire.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the 57-year-old was sitting on a bench near Beach Avenue and Davie Street shortly before 1 a.m. when an unknown suspect approached him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout warning or provocation, the suspect threw a liquid accelerant onto the victim\u2019s pant leg and ignited it with a lighter before fleeing the scene,\u201d the VPD said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo words or threats were exchanged prior to the assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the man was able to stamp out the fire and was not injured, police say.<\/p>\n<p>Officers say they searched the area but did not find the suspect, who is described as being around 5\u20198\u2033 with an average build. He was wearing dark clothing with \u201cwhite around his neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a completely unprovoked, random attack,\u201d said Const. Darren Wong.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information or dash cam footage is asked to call the VPD non-emergency line as soon as possible at 604-717-3321.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Vancouver 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=vancouver.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\/10\/1791399851_93_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":"The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) says it is investigating after an unprovoked attack early Wednesday that resulted in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-924352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924352","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=924352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}