Is a firebug targeting Bramptons heritage homes?
PAM DOUGLAS There are 31 heritage buildings currently sitting vacant across the city. Owned mostly by developers, the buildings are in limbo while plans are prepared for their re-use and re-integration into future development. An upset Brampton politician was calling for a full and thorough investigation Sunday morning after yet another heritage home— this one designated for preservation under the Ontario Heritage Act— was destroyed by fire overnight. “It’s a beautiful building,” Regional Councillor Paul Palleschi said on his way to the scene at 1930 Wanless Drive just east of Mississauga Road. “It’s one of the nicest ones we had in Brampton. It could have been beautifully preserved.” “I’m really upset with this one,” he said. It’s the third vacant heritage home destroyed by suspicious fires in recent weeks, and Palleschi said he is now worried there may be a firebug on the loose. “All of a sudden all of these old homes are going up,” he said. “We’ve gotta do a full-scale investigation
