Chilliwack Fire, RCMP dispatched for suspicious truck fire Tuesday morning north of downtown

CHILLIWACK — The Chilliwack Fire Department and Chilliwack RCMP were dispatched Tuesday morning (Jan. 23) to Mellard Avenue, located about two blocks northeast of Central Elementary in a neighbourhood north of downtown Chilliwack, for the report of a pickup truck on fire.

According to scanner traffic gathered by Chilliwack resident Julie Hiscock, and from an anonymous social media post, Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched at approximately 5:52 a.m. for the report of a vehicle fire on Mellard Avenue, with the nearest cross street of Fletcher. Firefighters arrived and doused the vehicle in question.

Chilliwack RCMP reportedly told firefighters on scene that the truck was stolen, according to scanner traffic. This has not been confirmed by the Chilliwack RCMP.

Around the same time this morning, video posted to social media shows a single RCMP constable ordering a male out of his vehicle and handcuffing him against a vehicle that resembles a white Honda Civic. However, the man’s arrest was not related to the vehicle fire in any way.