Man arrested after multiple fires set in Nanaimo
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Drivers were asked to avoid a stretch of the Nanaimo Parkway northwest of downtown Nanaimo on Tuesday as fire crews battled multiple wildfires in the area.
One man has been arrested in connection with a series of brush fires that were lit in Nanaimo on Tuesday.
Police and firefighters were called just before noon to a section of the Nanaimo Parkway near the intersection with Northfield Road.
Witnesses told police that a man was setting fires along a walking trail that runs parallel to the parkway, the Nanaimo RCMP said.
Nanaimo firefighters began attacking the fires while police searched for the perpetrator.
A suspect was arrested and taken into custody around 12:30 p.m., police said.
No injuries or property damage were reported as a result of the fires.
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