Warning: Content may be disturbing to some viewers.A man is in jail after allegedly setting one Vancouver police officer on fire and singeing a second in the city’s Downtown Eastside on Thursday.“It definitely is enraging to our members, this comes right on the heels of other assaults that happened not very long ago,” Vancouver police Const. Tania Visitntin said.Vancouver police said it happened just after 9 p.m. as the pair were patrolling the area as part of Task Force Barrage, an initiative to boost police presence in the area and crack down on organized crime.
April 11 2025
''Police say the officers mostly escaped harm, but the suspect had to be treated for burns and is sitting in jail awaiting charges.
A statement from Vancouver police says the officers were on foot patrol when they tried to arrest a suspect wanted on a B.C.-wide warrant for 10 different offences.''
''The statement says the man ran, but the officers managed to take him into custody, and that's when it's believed he used a flammable substance to set the officers' uniforms on fire, then escaped.
The officers put the fire out themselves while other police nearby arrested a 40-year-old man.
One officer was treated by paramedics and is currently recovering at home, say police, and the second officer was not injured.''
