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Police seek garbage can culprits

Williams Lake RCMP are looking for suspects after a series of fires were set in garbage cans in Williams Lake Wednesday morning.

Williams Lake RCMP are looking for suspects after a series of fires were set in garbage cans in Williams Lake Wednesday morning.

Police responded to a complaint at 4:25 a.m. on Aug. 14 where several fires were set in garbage cans in the area of Second Avenue North and Litzenburg Crescent.

Police said all of the fires were started with the contents of the garbage and recycling cans and were extinguished quickly by the Williams Lake Fire Department and the RCMP.

The RCMP are asking anyone with information as to who may have started the fires to contact the Williams Lake RCMP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.