On Dec. 21, 2022 at 10:50 a.m., Innisfail RCMP received a report of a structure fire on 53 Avenue in Innisfail. Early investigation determined that the fire was intentionally started by a 16-year-old resident of that house. The youth was arrested by RCMP at the scene.
As a result of the investigation, the youth has been charged with Arson to an inhabited property.
He was released by a Justice of the Peace and is schedule to appear in Red Deer Provincial Court on Jan. 17, 2023.
This fire is unrelated to the earlier non-suspicious fatal house fire in Innisfail