Hazel Trembath Elementary in Port Coquitlam was destroyed in a fire on Oct. 14, 2023
Insp. Darren Carr said Friday that Mounties are now asking those responsible, or people who may know who’s responsible, for the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary to contact Coquitlam RCMP.
“We understand that the loss of the school has had tremendous impact on the entire community and police continue to actively pursue this complex investigation,” said Carr, the Coquitlam RCMP’s acting officer in charge. Coquitlam RCMP is still investigating, and officers have interviewed or spoken to hundreds of people “utilized various police techniques and brought in experts to assist,” notes a release from police.
Emergency crews responded to the fire at Hazel Trembath in the early hours of Oct. 14, 2023. Police said the school was fully engulfed in flames by the time crews arrived.In the weeks after the fire, police collected more than 200 hours of surveillance footage. Carr said at the time it could take months to determine the cause.Eight days after the fire, the Coquitlam school district set up the Hazel Trembath students in the nearby Winslow Resource Centre as a long-term but temporary school site.
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