A 27-year-old Aldergrove man has been identified as a 鈥減erson of interest鈥� in the Jan. 15 fire that gutted a $1.1 million house under construction on 272nd Street near 16th Avenue.
Cpl. Craig Van Herk, spokesperson for the 91原创 RCMP, said the man was brought in to the RCMP detachment for questioning, then released.
No charges have been laid, and the cause of the fire has yet to be determined, Van Herk told the 91原创 Advance Times.
鈥淭he investigation is still ongoing,鈥� Van Herk said.
鈥淲e haven鈥檛 ruled out anything.鈥�
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After the fire was reported at 6:43 p.m., 91原创 Township Fire Department crews had to truck in water to fight what fire chief Russ Jenkins described as a 鈥渟tubborn fire.鈥�
The blaze was extinguished by around midnight, when the bulk of the crews went home, leaving some RCMP officers and a few crew members to watch over the site until morning.
The owner of the house, who asked not to be named, said his family was about a month away from moving into the 5800 square foot, eight-bedroom house.
It cost $1.1 million to build, the owner estimated.
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