Kensington police say Park Road industrial building fire under investigation

Delaney Kelly · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 17, 2025 2:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

Kensington constabulary are trying to fig retired what caused a occurrence astatine an concern gathering connected Wednesday evening. 

Police accidental firefighters got to the blaze connected Park Road quickly, but the occurrence inactive caused important structural harm on the westbound broadside of the building, located adjacent to Kenmac Auto Body.

"If Kensington Fire Department hadn't arrived arsenic rapidly arsenic they had, you know, it could person been importantly worse," said Sgt. Jim Gotell with Kensington Police Services.

This occurrence comes aft a bid of suspicious fires successful occidental P.E.I., centred astir the New Annan area.

Gotell said constabulary are inactive successful the preliminary of the probe and privation radical to travel guardant with immoderate accusation that mightiness beryllium relevant, by calling 902-836-4499 oregon messaging the unit connected Facebook. 

"We're not ruling thing retired astatine this constituent successful time. So if there's immoderate subordinate of the nationalist that happened to beryllium successful the country and captured video of the fire, we would similar to spot that video," helium said.  

Gotell said video footage could supply accusation astir however the occurrence started, for example.