19-Year-Old Charged With Arson After BC Church Destroyed by Fire

Burns Lake Fire Rescue called RCMP the scene of a church fire on Dec. 20. Handout/Burns Lake Fire Rescue

RCMP in B.C. have arrested a 19-year-old in connection with a “suspicious” fire that destroyed a community church in the northwest part of the province.

Burns Lake RCMP said officers were alerted by the Burns Lake Fire Rescue Department shortly after 5 a.m. on Dec. 20 that the Island Gospel Church located on Highway 35 was “fully engulfed in fire.”