Person of interest sought in suspicious French Creek bakery fire
PARKSVILLE — Oceanside RCMP want to talk to a person of interest in a suspicious fire that destroyed French Creek Bakery and Cafe.
Cpl. Jesse Foreman told NanaimoNewsNOW police want to talk to a man spotted near the bakery just before the April 28 fire.
“In the moments just prior to the fire being reported we have two eyewitness accounts of a male seen smoking a cigarette near the rear of the bakery, we do know that’s where the fire started.”
Foreman said the person of interest is white, 25 to 30-years old, about 5’10”, 180 pounds with short dark hair.