NWT Fire Marshall deems Tuktoyaktuk fire suspicious

Tuktoyaktuk RCMP are investigating a fire.

On Sunday, police responded to a call at the Jason Jacobson Youth Centre.

The Fire Department extinguished the blaze, but there was damage sustained to the building.

The Northwest Territories Fire Marshall deemed the fire suspicious.


Anyone with information on this event is asked to contact the Tuktoyaktuk RCMP at 867-977-1111 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, nwtnutips.com, (click on “submit a web tip”) or text: nwtnutips to 274637.

Cameron Wilkinson
Cameron Wilkinson
News Reporter

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