Nanaimo Fire Rescue has turned its investigation into a damaging turf field fire over to the RCMP.
Firefighters responded to a fire located in the centre of the artificial turf NDSS Community Field behind Nanaimo District Secondary School shortly before 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Alan Millbank, Nanaimo Fire Rescue, fire prevention officer, said debris was set alight.
“It was a 15-by-15-foot fire, stacked pallets and what looked like a sofa bed,” Millbank said.
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