Kamloops RCMP are continuing to investigate the suspicious fire at Memorial Arena from early Sunday morning.

Const. Crystal Evelyn tells NL News the fire – which started under a stairwell on the east end of the arena – does not appear to be criminal in nature at this time.

It was the fifth blaze that Kamloops Fire and Rescue has responded to in the past two weeks. On Tuesday, Feb. 8, firefighters quickly put out a fire at the former Montana’s restaurant on Hillside Drive.

Friday night, Feb. 4, they were called to the former Red Sea Auto Sales building on Tranquille Road followed not long after by a fire in an empty house at the corner of Nicola and Fourth Avenue early Saturday morning, Feb. 5.

They were also called to a fire in a vacant house on Fifth Avenue, between Battle and Nicola streets, on Jan. 28.

“There is no preliminary indication to suggest any connection between the fires, but we will continue to review as part of the ongoing investigation,” Evelyn said Monday.

Anyone who witnessed the Memorial Area fire or if the have information about it, are asked to contact Kamloops RCMP and reference file 2022-4659.