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Prince Albert RCMP are investigating a suspicious fire believed to be a result of an arson attempt at the provincial firefighting base north of the city.
In a news release on June 6, RCMP said officers were called to the base on June 5 at about 3 p.m. because of the fire.
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Police said the blaze was quickly extinguished once police arrived, and there were no injuries and no damage to property.
Police said they found that someone had poured an accelerant on a pile of wood, which started the fire, and then fled the scene on a bicycle.
Anyone with information is asked to call rince Albert RCMP at 306-310-RCMP (7267) or to inform Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or at saskcrimestoppers.com.
Earlier this week, Saskatchewan RCMP said a man and woman have been separately charged with arson after two different incidents in the province this week.
RCMP said in a news release on June 6 that an 18-year-old woman from Montreal Lake Cree Nation was charged on May 30 after Waskesiu RCMP received a report of a suspicious fire in a rural area off Highway 696.
The second incident on June 3, RCMP said officers were told someone was setting fires in the ditch beside Highway 55, near the turnoff to Snowdon around 1:45 a.m.
Nipawin RCMP officers responded and found passersby had extinguished a small fire and a man was arrested at the scene.
The 36-year-old from Pelican Narrows was charged with arson and was scheduled to appear in Prince Albert Provincial Court on June 6.
Saskatchewan RCMP have also charged two people after thefts were reported in evacuated areas.
On June 4, officers received a report that a vehicle had been stolen from a home in La Ronge and it was located later that day at a checkpoint on Highway 2.
Waskesiu RCMP said officers also found a laptop and package from the vehicle and also found mail that allowed them to connect the recovered items to a theft reported in La Ronge on June 3.
Two men from La Ronge, were arrested and charged, but police did not say what the charges were.
— with files from CJME News
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