Orillia Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a third individual after two fires occurred in Oro-Medonte in the same subdivision.
Between January 20 and February 10, police and local fire services attended to two reports of house fires in a new subdivision off Bass Lake Side Road in Oro-Medonte.
All fires were safely contained, and there were no reported injuries.
Two people were arrested in March, a 40-year-old man from Kitchener and a 22-year-old Brampton man, were each charged with two counts of arson.
On May 13, officers with the Orillia Major Crime Unit identified a third individual, a 26-year-old Brampton man who was subsequently charged with arson, damage to property.