The RCMP has arrested a 28-year-old Saskatchewan man and charged him with arson in connection with a church fire that destroyed a nearly 70-year-old building last month.
Meadow Lake RCMP received a report of a fire at All Saints Orthodox Church in Meadow Lake around 2 a.m. on Oct. 1. Officers and emergency crews responded and found the building engulfed in flames.
The church was destroyed, and an initial police investigation suggested the fire may have been suspicious. No one was reported injured.
Meadow Lake RCMP continued investigating with assistance from the Saskatchewan RCMP’s North Battleford Serious Crimes Unit and fire investigators with the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency….