Wawa Teen Charged With Arson Over MHS Fire

A Wawa teen's been charged with arson after a fire at a local school.

Superior East Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to a "suspicious fire" at an unspecified school on Magpie Road around 2:40 pm Friday afternoon, arriving after firefighters extinguished it - the Wawa Fire Department did respond to a small fire at Michipicoten High School, and the Algoma District School Board's confirmed there was a fire in a student washroom.

Subsequent investigation's led to the arrest of a 15-year-old from Wawa on a charge of arson - damage to property.

The youth - who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act - was released from custody, set to appear in Wawa's Ontario Court of Justice next month.