Wanted man arrested after fire inside Cambridge home

Flames seen in a stock image. (Pexels/Alex Lázaro)

A man is facing several charges, including arson and uttering threats, after a fire ignited inside a Cambridge home.

The Waterloo Regional Police Service was called about a wanted man who had been spotted in the Beverly Street and Dundas Street North area on Tuesday around 1:45 p.m.

When officers arrived at the multi-unit residential building, they began speaking with the man from outside the home.

While they were talking, officers saw a fire inside the home. Police forced their way inside, found the man and got him out of the home.

The 59-year-old man was taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.

No one else was inside the home at the time of the fire.

The man has been charged with arson – disregard for human life, arson – damage to property, possession of incendiary material, uttering threats to cause death, uttering threats to cause damage to property and three counts of failure to comply with a judicial order.