PHOTOS: Tisdale motel fire not an accident

The RCMP is treating a fire at the Country Side Inn as suspicious.

The fire was reported to RCMP by the Tisdale Fire Department just before 2:30 a.m. on Thursday.

Damage to the building is extensive. 

“When we got here we found fire on the east side of the building. Flames were visible. They were going probably 10 to 15 feet in the air, and a lot of smoke,”  firefighter Brian Minhinnick said.