Kamloops RCMP investigating 5 suspicious fires in 48 hours [Video]

Mounties say they are investigating a string of suspicious fires that were set over a 48-hour period in Kamloops, B.C.

Authorities were called to the first fire around 1 a.m. on Saturday after witnesses reported someone threw an explosive device at a residential building on Valhalla Drive near Tranquille Road in the North Kamloops neighbourhood.

“At that time, police received multiple reports of an explosion caused by what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail thrown at a building,” Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn said in a statement.

“A man associated to a pickup truck was observed in the area,” she added.

Three more suspicious fires would follow that morning, including one at a motel along the Trans-Canada Highway, one in some cedar hedges a few blocks away, and another at the rear of a building on Chilcotin Road where three vehicles had also been vandalized, police said.

Police said …