A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 4, 2001 Officials still probing THE RCMP, the B.C. Fire Commissioner's office and electrical investigators are still trying to pinpoint the cause of a fire that swept through the CMO Carpets building in Terrace March 26. Fire chief Randy Smith said investigators believe somebody had been in the building prior to the blaze, but the cause of the fire has yet to be determined. CMO Carpets’ owner Lloyd Wittkowski said his building has been the tar- get of teenagers who use it as a late-night party spot. “They went in maybe two dozen times or more, it’s just unbelievable,” he said. Wittkowski said he is pursuing charges against several youth who were caught in the building last month, When firefighters ar- rived on scene around 2:30 am. on March 26, the building was engulfed in flames. “The decision was made tight away that the priority was the two struc- tures on either side. We wanted to save those two buildings from damage,” said Terrace fire chief Randy Smith Both Wittkowski and neighbours of the CMO Carpet building on the 4700 block of Lazelle are singing the praises of the Terrace and Thornhill fire departments. “They did an awesome job, beyond awesome. It’s just unbelievable,” said Carol Sabo, executive dir- ector of the Ksan House Society whose administra- tive and counselling build- ing is located directly next door to site of the blaze. Neither of the neigh- bouring buildings suffered major damage but the CMO Carpets building was destroyed, ~ ite “Tt was a total loss for the owner,” said Smith. On top of the estimated $350,000 in damages reasons behind fire CMO CARPETS owner Lloyd Wittkowski salvages what’s left from his building in the 4700 Block of La- zelle after a March 26 fire gutted the structure. Wittkowski also has to pay for the clean-up bill which could amount to $10,000. He had no insurance on the building or its contents. 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