Mounties release photos of suspects in Surrey hockey shop fire

March 19 update: James Marvin Haslam, of no fixed address, has been charged with one count of arson. He was arrested and remains in police custody.

Mounties are asking for the public's help to identify a pair of arson suspects after a fire at a popular hockey shop in Surrey.

On Wednesday, the RCMP released surveillance images of a man and a woman wanted in connection with the blaze that destroyed The Hockey Shop Source for Sports at 10280 City Parkway on Sept. 23.

The fire started in a garbage pile behind the business and also gutted a nearby recreation centre.

"This fire destroyed a prominent business in the Surrey City Centre area,” Cpl. Scotty Schumann said in a statement.

“Although there were no injuries to report, this crime has greatly affected the hockey community here in Surrey and across the Lower Mainland."

The man in the images is seen wearing a red t-shirt and pants, a black cap and a dark-coloured backpack.

The woman is wearing a dark-coloured coat and pants.

Anyone with information about the suspects or the fire is asked to contact investigators at 604-599-0502 and quote file 2017-135528 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

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  A man wanted in connection with a fire at a Surrey hockey shop are seen in this surveillance image released by the RCMP.

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  A woman wanted in connection with a fire at a Surrey hockey shop is seen in this surveillance image released by the RCMP.

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  A fire that began in a garbage pile behind a Surrey hockey store shut down Surrey Central Skytrain station for six hours as well as a local recreation centre on Sept. 23, 2017. (CTV)