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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Police use a dog to search the scene where a bomb threat was called in last Sunday evening. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Bomb hoax empties Duncan 7-Eleven KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Firefighters work to get at flames inside the upper floor of a Second Street house. [KEVIN ROTHBAUER/CITIZEN]
Fires keep Duncan hall busy KEVIN ROTHBAUER CITIZEN
Duncan volunteer firefighters have been kept busy lately, battling a pair of structure fires in the last week, including one that has been deemed suspicious. Last Thursday evening, they were summoned to a rental home on Second Street where a small fire had started in the upper staircase. The cause was not known as of Tuesday this week, but fire
chief Mike McKinlay said it didn’t appear suspicious. It took 18 firefighters about an hour and a half to put out the fire and clear the scene. The house was empty at the time but due to be rented out beginning March 1. McKinlay wasn’t sure if the damage would set that date back or not. There was more damage from the overhaul than fire itself because it was difficult to get to.
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“I’m not sure what the cost would be,” he said. On Monday night, the fire department was called to an assisted-living building on Bundock Avenue. The fire was contained to one unit, but McKinlay said it appears to be suspicious. The flames knocked down quickly, but firefighters spent significant time on the scene cleaning up water so it didn’t get into other units.
The 7-Eleven at the intersection of the Trans-Canada Highway and Trunk Road was evacuated on Sunday evening after someone called the store with a bomb threat. The threat turned out to be a hoax, but police treat all such instances seriously, according to Sgt. Chris Swain of the North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP detachment. “It’s better safe than sorry. We have to make sure it’s not a valid complaint.” The threat was called in just before 7 p.m., and police attended along with the Duncan fire department. A search dog was used to sniff out the area, and
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even the roof of the store was checked before it was determined that the threat was, indeed, a hoax. That doesn’t mean the case is closed, though. “We’re still investigating who made the call and why,” Swain said. False calls like the one made Sunday are a waste of police and fire department resources, he pointed out, not to mention terrifying for the employees. “No one wants to receive that phone call,” Swain said. Charges could be laid if it is determined where the threats came from. “If someone is identified as a suspect, they can be charged with issuing false threats,.”
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