2 fires at construction site west of Edmonton under investigation

A deliberately set fire at the River Cree Medical Center construction site on Enoch Cree Nation on Dec. 2, 2024. (Credit: RCMP)

Police are investigating two deliberately set fires at a construction site at Enoch Cree Nation.

At 9:13 p.m. on Dec. 2, two people entered the River Cree Medical Centre construction site on Winterburn Road with gas cans.

They set fire to a heating system and left the scene.

Police believe they crossed Winterburn Road and went into the West Granville Centre shopping complex.

The fire was extinguished quickly, but caused about $10,000 in damage.

On Dec. 11 an arsonist drove a stolen white Ram pickup truck into a construction trailer at the site and lit it on fire.

The arsonist left the truck at the scene of the fire and left the area in a white car.

Anyone with information about either fire is asked to contact Enoch RCMP at 780-470-3139 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.