String of suspicious fires continues in Kamloops
There have been more than 20 suspicious fires in Kamloops over the past two months, with the latest being ignited downtown on Tuesday, May 16.
Asked if police believe the blaze is related to five dumpster blazes downtown the night before or to any other suspicious fires, Evelyn said any connection is part of what is included in the RCMP’s ongoing investigation. “The timing and proximity of multiple dumpster fires [that] night is definitely suspicious and is not believed to be an individual or random event,” Evelyn said.
• On April 30, firefighters responded to a pair of fires in North Kamloops alleyways — one between Lethbridge Avenue and Sherbrooke Avenue and the other between 10th and 11th streets. A fence and garbage container were damaged before those fires were extinguished. Owen Lee Coty, 26, was arrested in connection with those arsons and he remains in custody as he awaits a bail hearing set for May 26.
• On April 23, firefighters extinguished a blaze that damaged the rear door of a business in the 900-block of Eighth Street in North Kamloops.
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