Three people escaped unhurt from a suspicious fire that destroyed a family home in Behchoko, N.W.T., early Thursday morning.
Local fire officials say the blaze started around 2:15 a.m. MT at a two-storey, single-family house on Bay Island in Rae, which is part of Behchoko.
All nine firefighters in Behchoko's fire department responded to the blaze, extinguishing most of it by 11 a.m. No other houses were affected.
"The fire is deemed to be suspicious," Behchoko RCMP Cpl. Maria Williams told CBC News on Thursday.
"We have one
