A Saturday morning fire on a Puntledge Road building was caused by people.
At 8:14 a.m. that day, four firefighters and officers from the Courtenay Fire Department were attending a public education event when they noticed smoke coming from the 200-block of Puntledge Road.
When they arrived on scene a minute later, they found a pallet and some debris burning at the corner of the building, which Fire Chief Kurt MacDonald says was starting to creep up into a set of wooden stairs.
“Crews quicky extinguished the fire, very minimal damage to the building,” said MacDonald.
“RCMP were contacted, and they came to investigate the suspicious nature of the fire.”
MacDonald says the building was unoccupied when the fire took place, with no injuries reported from the incident.
He adds that while they know the fire was caused by humans, they don’t have extra details at this time.
