MEADOW LAKE, Sask. — Meadow Lake RCMP have charged a man with arson in connection with a church fire.
Investigators found no indication the fire was ideologically motivated.
On Oct. 1 at around 2 a.m., Meadow Lake RCMP received a report of a fire at a church on 2nd Street East in Meadow Lake.
Meadow Lake RCMP officers attended the scene, along with the Meadow Lake Fire Department and EMS.
Police officers determined no one was injured; however, the church was destroyed by the fire. The initial police investigation suggested the fire may have been suspicious in nature.
Meadow Lake RCMP continued to investigate with the assistance of the Saskatchewan RCMP’s North Battleford Serious Crimes Unit and fire investigators with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.
On Nov. 2, Meadow Lake RCMP arrested and charged a 28-year-old man from Meadow Lake with one count of arson.
The accused appeared in provincial court in Meadow Lake on Nov. 5.
