(JENNIFER STAHN / iNFOnews.ca)
March 26, 2024 - 10:50 AM
A 35-year-old Vernon man was arrested last week for starting a fire in the city with a butane torch.
A officer in plain clothes spotted flames near a building at around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the 2600 block of Highway 6 and a person walking away from the area, according to an RCMP media release.
The officer put out the fire and called for backup.
RCMP said officers found a man a short distance away “crouched over as he attempted to start another fire with a butane torch.”
The man was recognized as someone with court conditions not to have any incendiary devices.
The 35-year-old Vernon man was arrested and charged with failing to comply with a probation order.
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