Provincial Crown counsel has approved eight charges against a man accused of setting fire to his cell at the Prince George RCMP detachment.
Darryl Bryan Tom, 43, faces three counts of arson causing bodily harm, and one count each of arson in relation to inhabited property, arson damaging property, mischief endangering life, mischief to property over $5,000, possession of incendiary material.
The charges are in relation to an incident on Sunday when smoke was discovered at around 10:30 a.m. in the cell block area. The fire was quickly extinguished while all prisoners, including the suspect, were evacuated.
Only the cell where the fire was found was damaged, but "a significant amount of smoke was generated."
A lighter was found on Tom after the fire, police have said.
Tom also continues to face two counts of breach of an undertaking and one count of possession of a controlled substance from separate incidents.
