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Quesnel woman charged with arson after fire destroys home

Property on Willis Street was engulfed by flames on Tuesday, Nov. 9

UPDATE 12:30 p.m. Nov 10:

A suspect is in custody after a Quesnel home went up in flames Tuesday, Nov. 9.

Police tape surrounded the burned-out property in West Quesnel on Willis Street early the following day.

The Quesnel RCMP confirmed a female suspect was arrested.

She has been charged with arson and was scheduled to appear in court Wednesday, Nov. 10.

Quesnel Volunteer Fire Department responded to the blaze shortly after 5 p.m.

It was the second fire crews were called to Tuesday afternoon.

Firefighters were continuing to extinguish a large fire that broke out several hours earlier at the West Fraser log yard on Quesnel Hixon Road.



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