Youth faces arson charge in Yarmouth school fire

RCMP have charged a youth with setting two fires at a high school in Yarmouth, N.S.

Police were called to Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School on Forest Streetaround 1:40 p.m. Tuesday.

Fire crews had already responded and managed to extinguish two fires. All staff and students had been evacuated from the building. No one was hurt.

A spokesperson for the Tri-County Regional Centre for Education said the fires were in a bathroom. They forced the early dismissal of classes on Tuesday. The school remained closed on Wednesday. It will reopen Thursday.

RCMP said Wednesday ayouth has been charged with arson and mischief, and released on conditions.