A police search is underway to find an arsonist before he strikes again.

Toronto Police have released an image of an arsonist, who they say broke a window and tossed a lit object into a business that caused a significant amount of damages.

Emergency crews were called to The Queensway, near Winslow St.,  just east of Royal York Rd., on January 4 around 9:10 p.m.

Toronto Fire Services said according to a caller, someone had broken the glass of a storefront and started a fire.

Fire and smoke were found inside a business on the first floor and was quickly knocked down by firefighters.

The firebug took off on foot and hopped in a waiting vehicle, which left southbound on Milton St., police said.

Above the business is a residential unit on the second floor, fire officials said, in which a mother and two young girls were living and they managed to escape safely.

The suspect vehicle is described as a small, light-coloured SUV, but there isn’t a description of the driver.

Anyone with information or video surveillance footage is urged to call police at 416-808-1100 or Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477 (TIPS).