Quesnel, B.C.-  The  investigation continues into a suspicious fire which caused more than one million dollars in property damage to logs and machinery near the Nazko First Nations Reserve last Tuesday night.

 

Shortly after 10pm on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012, Quesnel RCMP were called to the scene of a fire burning on Baezaeko Road near Nazko.  When they arrived on the scene, RCMP found a large log dump pile (containing approximately 4000 cubic meters of wood)  fully engulfed in flames. 

 

The fire is estimated to have caused well over one million dollars in property damage to logs and equipment and has been deemed suspicious.

 

The Quesnel RCMP and BC Forest Services remain committed to determining the cause of this fire.  Investigation into its cause continues.

 

Anyone with any information regarding this fire is asked to call the Quesnel RCMP at 250-992-9211.  Or, if you wish to remain anonymous, call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).   Crimestoppers pays up to $2000 in cash rewards for information leading to an arrest and charge.