On July 21, 2013, shortly after 4am, Island Lake RCMP were advised by the local Band Constable that the RCMP Community Office in St. Theresa Point was fully engulfed in flames.
St. Theresa Point RCMP Community Office destroyed by fire and is considered a total loss.
RCMP attended the scene and despite the efforts of the local Fire Department, the entire building along with the RCMP Community Office, including its content, was destroyed. Police say that the building is considered a total loss.
RCMP report that no one was in the building at the time of the fire. The structure is a side by side building consisting of the RCMP Community Office on one side of the building and a space used as storage by the St. Theresa Point First Nation on the other.
The investigation continues with the assistance of the RCMP Thompson Major Crime Unit and the Manitoba Office of the Fire Commissioner. The cause of the fire remains under investigation and is being treated as an arson.
