One individual has been charged after two suspicious fires have been allegedly set in Port Alberni.

 On May 13,  shortly after 10:00 p.m., Port Alberni RCMP responded to the north side of the Alberni Hwy near the Coombs Country Candy store after receiving a report that a man appeared to be deliberately setting brush fires in area.

 As police responded, they located a suspect who was arrested without incident and held for a judicial hearing in the morning of May 14. The suspect, a 38-year-old man has been charged with two counts of arson and remains in custody.