'We have a real cause for concern': Victoria business owner on edge after another neighbourhood fire
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Gregg’s Furniture is just metres away from the corner of Bay Street and Government Street in downtown Victoria, the location of a recent brush fire. The shop owner says he believes the fire was intentionally set and he's worried about his own business being targeted.
Gregg’s Furniture is just metres away from the corner of Bay Street and Government Street in downtown Victoria, the location of a recent brush fire.
“Of course it made me very nervous because it was one building away from us,” said David Screech, owner of Gregg’s Furniture.
Screech believes the small fire was intentionally set.
He now has his suspicions about another fire as well. One that caused far more damage on Sunday night, completely gutting a building just one block away from his furniture store.
“I think that on a weekend, that business goes up in flames, that was probably intentionally set as well,” said Screech.
Sunday night's fire is still under investigation. A cause has not yet been determined.
A little more than two weeks ago, Ricky’s All Day Grill was also gutted by flames. The cause of that fire has been determined to be arson.
