Emergency Flares Over Bowen Park
Nanaimo RCMP and Fire crews were kept busy last night responding to two deliberate acts of arson and one incident involving a flare gun.
The first call was reported to police just after 9:30 PM in the area of Millstone and Bradley St. Callers reported seeing upwards of three emergency marine flares over the sky of Bowen park. Attending officers located the three spent flares in the park but no witnesses were located that could assist in identifying who was responsible for setting them off. There was no fire or damage to the park from the flares
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Officers were next called to the area of Norwell Drive and Highway 19a at 11:00 PM. A fire had been lit in a garbage bin next to Neighbors Petro-Canada. The resulting flames quickly spread to nearby grass however fire crews were on scene within minutes and quickly doused the flames before they could spread. Witnesses told police three youths, believed to be males,were seen running away from the bin shortly after the fire heading east bound on Departure Bay Rd.
The last incident occurred at 2:30 AM at the intersection of Cedar Rd and YellowPoint Rd. Each morning newspapers are dropped off at this intersection then later delivered to nearby homes and businesses. Unknown persons have for some time been lighting the newspapers on fire. No collateral damage resulted but it did require Cedar Volunteer fire to attend and extinguish the small blaze.
“The fire index is in the extreme range and it only takes a spark to start a fire. These fires, regardless of how small, were acts of arson and could been much worse had it not been for fire crews responding so quickly” said Constable Gary O’Brien, media spokesperson for the Nanaimo RCMP.
If you see anyone attempting to start a fire in a suspicious manner, do not wait and immediately report it to the police. If you have information on any of these incidents , please call the Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or go online at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com
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