Another family member was so shaken, he didn’t want his name used out of safety concerns. He began crying as he described the fires’ brutal effect on the family and the business.“It’s never-ending, relentless. Nothing gets done. It’s just setback after setback after setback. ... You can’t escape it.”
He said the department had reason to believe it could be suspicious and handed it over to the fire marshal’s office and the Cape Breton Regional Police Service.About two kilometres away, he said the department could see smoke in the sky but not flames. North Sydney Fire and Rescue responded to a fire at Northside Auto Salvage in North Sydney early Tuesday morning. NORTH SYDNE FIRE AND RESCUE PHOTO - ContributedHe said he was approached by the then Sydney Mines police chief to take over its towing jobs.“He said ‘Son,’ That’s the way he talked. ‘He said ‘Son, if you want it, you can have it,” Smith said.
According to Smith, he had security on the scene but somehow someone cut a hole in the back of the steel building and set the fire.