Saskatoon apartment fire deemed purposefully set

The Saskatoon Fire Department has determined that a multi-unit apartment building fire on Friday was set on purpose.

The blaze happened at an apartment building in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood.

Three people were rescued from the building.

The fire was responsible for roughly $200,000 in damages.

Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Rodger said they found the blaze in the back stairwell of the building.

Following a string of arsons within Saskatoon in the past few months, suspects are still being looked for within the city, according to Rodger.

“We do work closely with Saskatoon Police Service, at this point, we don’t know anything else (about a suspect),” he said.

“It’s not been our experience for quite some time, whether it be a serial arsonist or (somebody) that’s progressively getting to larger structures… not to say that it isn’t possible.”

No one has been charged in connection to the fire, but police are on the lookout for suspects.

— With files from 650 CKOM’s Brady Lang