{"id":631510,"date":"2026-04-27T08:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631510\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T08:37:19","slug":"rcmp-in-100-mile-house-make-arrest-after-fire-in-deka-lake-area-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/631510\/","title":{"rendered":"RCMP in 100 Mile House make arrest after fire in Deka Lake area \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>100 MILE HOUSE \u2013 Police in British Columbia say they\u2019ve arrested a suspect for an alleged arson that occurred Saturday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>RCMP in 100 Mile House say they were called to a structure fire in the area of Deka Lake, about a 45 kilometre drive from the community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They say an investigation determined the fire was deliberately set and after combing the scene and canvassing the neighbourhood, a suspect was identified and arrested.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69ecf5b10a55872572a9d746jpeg.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"6500\" data-pswp-height=\"4333\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69ecf5b10a55872572a9d746jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"An RCMP patch is worn by an officer at RCMP \" e=\"\" division=\"\" headquarters=\"\" in=\"\" surrey=\"\" b.c.=\"\" on=\"\" thursday=\"\" feb.=\"\" the=\"\" canadian=\"\" press=\"\" cairns=\"\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAn RCMP patch is worn by an officer at RCMP &#8220;E&#8221; Division headquarters in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Ethan Cairns<\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspect remains in custody before a bail hearing, and they did not release a name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Brian Lamb says in a news release that the evidence gathered was critical to finding the suspect.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lamb says arson investigations are complex and officers are still trying to figure out the full circumstances of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 26, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"100 MILE HOUSE \u2013 Police in British Columbia say they\u2019ve arrested a suspect for an alleged arson that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-631510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}