A hearth at a Kitchener, Ont. playground is being handled as suspicious by the Waterloo Regional Police Service.
Emergency responders had been known as to place out the flames on the Heritage Drive park shortly after midnight on Tuesday.
No accidents had been reported.
Metropolis workers later taped off the construction to forestall anybody from utilizing the tools.
A Kitchener, Ont. playground is off limits resulting from fireplace injury. (Tyler Kelaher/)
A metropolis spokesperson instructed : “City staff are assessing the extent of the damage to the play structure to determine the next steps and timelines for repair.”
Wendy Parkins stated she takes her granddaughter to the park a pair instances each week. She didn’t even know concerning the fireplace till they got here to make use of the playground.
“Kind of shocked, it’s sad,” Parkins instructed . “This is supposed to be for children, not something for people to destroy.”
Injury to a Kitchener, Ont. playground on Oct. 22, 2024. (Tyler Kelaher/)
Vaneassa Volkaert had been additionally disillusioned to be taught of the hearth.
“Hope the kids get a new jungle gym, [the city] replaces it and, hopefully, whoever did it get punished,” she stated.
Police and the Kitchener Fireplace Division are each investigating the reason for the playground fireplace.
The town has not launched a injury estimate.
