Tyne Valley, PEI has suffered a huge loss after fire destroyed the community's sports centre and hockey rink Sunday. The fire was discovered just before 3 AM.
"When we got there, we could see the flames coming through the roof and front door about 10 to 15 feet," said Tyne Valley fire Chief William Bishop. He adds crews were able to save the centre's ice-surfacing machine, but other than that, the building is a "total loss."
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"It's quite a loss for the community," Bishop said. "I mean we don't have any major infrastructure, nothing like that in the community other than the rink. So when you take something like that out of your community it is quite a blow."
Crews managed to have the fire put out by 8 AM Sunday morning but there wasn't much left other than the building's shell.
Officials were unable to provide an official statement on the cause of the blaze as firefighters and other crews were still in the process of securing the building and extinguishing the smouldering structure.
