Police say house fire ‘suspicious’

The Prince Albert Police Service has confirmed they are treating a house fire in the city’s east flat area as suspicious, and are investigating with the assistance from the Prince Albert Fire Department.

The house in the 1000 block of Fourth St. E. has been boarded up since Monday morning’s fire, but the charred shell of a car remains in the driveway. There is significant damage still visible to the side of the house, as well as to the home next door.

On Thursday, paNOW spoke to three separate neighbours, who all requested their identities be kept anonymous. One woman said she had heard what sounded like an explosion coming from the house, and then saw flames bursting out the windows.