Hamilton police officers say they have charged a 31-year-old man with arson after an ambulance was set on fire outside one of the city’s hospitals early Sunday.

According to a statement issued by the police service on Monday, the incident happened outside Hamilton General Hospital on Barton Street East at around 6 a.m.

Investigators said after paramedics brought a patient into the hospital, they came back out and found the ambulance ablaze.

They noted no one was inside the ambulance at the time the fire happened.

Officers said after they spoke with witnesses and reviewed surveillance video, it was determined that a person put some accelerant in the ambulance and took off on foot as the fire intensified.

The statement said a suspect was found at a nearby bus stop and subsequently arres

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