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Three vehicles damaged outside Vernon resort complex in suspected arson

Firefighters battle an early morning car fire at The Strand Lakeside Resort March 24, 2018.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/Vernon Fire and Rescue Services

VERNON - Police are investigating after three vehicles were damaged in a suspected arson over the weekend.

RCMP spokesperson Const. Kelly Brett says police were alerted to the fire by Vernon Fire and Rescue Services around 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 24.

“There was a vehicle lit on fire and subsequent to that two other vehicles were also damaged,” Brett says.

The vehicles were parked outside the Strand Lakeside Resort in the 7200 block of Okanagan Landing Road.

At this point, Brett says the incident is being treated as an act of arson.

No one was hurt and RCMP continue to investigate.

Police are investigating after three vehicles were damaged in a suspected arson over the weekend at the Strand Lakeside Resort on Okanagan Landing Road in Vernon, Saturday, March 24, 2018.
Police are investigating after three vehicles were damaged in a suspected arson over the weekend at the Strand Lakeside Resort on Okanagan Landing Road in Vernon, Saturday, March 24, 2018.
Image Credit: SUBMITTED/RCMP


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