Picture taken of an individual considered a person of interest in relation to recent intentionally set fires in Harewood. (Nanaimo RCMP)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

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Police trying to identify person of interest after recent suspicious fires

Apr 13, 2022 | 1:55 PM

NANAIMO — Police have released the picture of an individual described as a person of interest in connection to recent intentionally set fires in Harewood.

On Sunday, April 3 just after 7 a.m. fire crews responded a garden shed fire on the grounds of John Barsby Secondary School.

RCMP noted the shed was destroyed, while a person was seen near the scene when the fire was beginning to smoulder, before riding off on a scooter.

About three hours later RCMP stated a fire started under a pedestrian bridge meters away from the garden shed fire.

Crews extinguished the fire, who determined it appeared wood was buried under the bridge then set on fire.

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A picture of a person seen walking away from the second fire was taken, which police noted matched a description from the first fire.

“The person of interest is described as a Caucasian man, slim build with long brown hair, and wearing a blue ski jacket, and track pants with a white stripe along the side. Of note, he had a white scooter with him,” RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O’Brien stated in a news release.

On Saturday April 9, a seat cover melted on the back porch of a home in the 700 block of Stirling Ave. from an intentionally set fire, however police can’t connect it to the other two incidents.

Anybody with information on the fires or the person of interest are asked to contact Nanaimo RCMP’s non-emergency line at 250-754-2345.

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