Police investigating homicide after fire at Abbotsford homeless camp
Police have arrested one man and say the deadly fire was an isolated and targeted incident.
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One man is dead and another has been arrested after a fire at the Peardonville homeless encampment in Abbotsford on Friday night.
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Shortly after 6 p.m. Abbotsford police were joined at the encampment by firefighters who extinguished the fire in a single wooden structure. A man was found dead inside the structure at the camp, located in the 31500-block of South Fraser Way.
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Police confirmed the incident is an isolated and targeted homicide.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the investigation.
Anyone with more information can call the IHIT infoline at 1-877-551-4448.
