{"id":60627,"date":"2025-11-27T17:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60627"},"modified":"2025-11-27T17:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:54:57","slug":"youths-arrested-for-arson-near-propane-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60627","title":{"rendered":"Youths arrested for arson near propane tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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TRURO: <\/strong>Colchester County District RCMP arrested two youths for arson after police discovered a fire near propane tanks in Lower Truro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 19 at approximately 10:15 p.m., officers were conducting patrols around Robie St. and the surrounding area in response to a report of suspicious people.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During these patrols, an officer observed a fire under and around industrial propane tanks in the parking lot of a business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suspicious people previously reported were believed to be associated to the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In consideration of the public safety risk of a fire close to large propane tanks, officers closed the road and used fire extinguishers to control the flames until fire services arrived on scene. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the fires were fully extinguished, investigators located evidence indicating the fires were intentionally set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after the fires were discovered, officers located two youths in a nearby parking lot who matched the description of the suspicious persons seen earlier near the fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two youths were safely arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One youth was found to be in possession of a replica firearm, which was seized by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both youths will face charges of Arson, Mischief, and Common Nuisance. They were released by police on conditions pending future Youth Provincial Court appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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S\/Sgt. Marc Rose, District Commander, Colchester County District RCMP, appreciated the prompt response from partners at Truro Fire Service and Cobequid District Fire Brigade who attended this call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA fire so close to propane tanks posed a considerable risk to public safety, and to the safety of all first responders on scene,\u201d says S\/Sgt. Rose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe quick response from partners at both fire departments mitigated this risk and later allowed officers to collect evidence on scene to support the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In consideration of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, no further information will be provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

File #: 2025-1714712<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TRURO: Colchester County District RCMP arrested two youths for arson after police discovered a fire near propane tanks in Lower Truro. On November 19 at approximately 10:15 p.m., officers were conducting patrols around Robie St. and the surrounding area in response to a report of suspicious people.\u00a0 During these patrols, an officer observed a fire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33399,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[1442,9804,1258,184,3230,14,410,9805],"class_list":["post-60627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-arson","tag-cobequid-fire","tag-colchester-county","tag-fire","tag-lower-truro","tag-rcmp","tag-truro-fire","tag-youths-arrested"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}