WINNIPEG – Two teen boys are facing arson and break and enter charges in connection with a fire that was started in a home under construction last month.
The blaze spread, destroying two homes and badly damaging two others on Jefferson Avenue on May 19thd.
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The home where the fire was started was vacant; however two adults, four children, a friend and five cats were inside the neighboring house when the fire broke out.
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Damage estimates to the four homes are valued at $500,000.
A 16 year old boy and a 15 year old boy are both facing multiple charges.
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