Several trees beside a house on Penrose Cresent, just off Chrysler Gate in Steinbach, went up in flames shortly before 10 Monday morning.

Steinbach Fire assistant chief Russ Reimer says there is a sidewalk which cuts through between two houses and the trees are between the sidewalk and a house. He adds it appears suspicious and mischievous activity resulted in the trees burning.

"There are multiple spots along the trees and then the first set of trees there caught on fire pretty good. It sounds like local homeowners here might have put some water on it before we got here, which stopped it from progressing."

Reimer notes the trees which caught fire are close to the house as well as a shed. He says fire crews were able to soak the trees to prevent any rekindling and will now leave the case in the hands of the RCMP for further investigation.