UPDATE – Cody Weninger has been charged with arson, assault and resisting arrest.
He is being held in custody pending a July 17th court date.
UPDATE: A 22-year-old Kelowna man will remain in custody until a court appearance on Tuesday after a fire was deliberately set in a downtown Kelowna law office building. The building houses Pihl Law and the Porter Ramsay Law Corporation. RCMP say the suspect lit a pile of clothes on fire- which started spreading to the carpet and walls.
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Two firefighters attempting to put out the blaze were assaulted by the suspect. A lawyer who intervened to help was also attacked. One firefighter sustained minor injury to his hand while the lawyer received a shoulder injury. The building was evacuated and Ellis Street was closed for about an hour and a half.
KELOWNA – One man has been arrested and taken into custody after a suspect attempted to start a fire at downtown Kelowna law office.
Police say late Monday morning, a man walked into the Pihl Law office on Ellis street and proceeded to start a fire, possibly using cigarettes.
Everyone in the building managed to escape unharmed.
There are reports that one of the lawyers got into a scuffle with the suspect.
One firefighter may have also suffered a cut to his hand.
More to come.
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