Prince George, B.C., business owners want state of emergency declared due to downtown arsons

Business owners in downtown Prince George are calling for a local state of emergency to be declared after a recent series of fires have threatened their businesses.

In the past week alone, fires were set outside the Nancy O's and Betulla Burning restaurants, which led owner Eoin Foley to send an email on Friday to Mayor Simon Yu, council, MPs, MLAs, RCMP and local media to draw attention to the matter.