A 14-year-old boy from Sydney, N.S., has been charged with arson after a weekend fire destroyed about $1-million worth of fibre optic cable.

In a news release, Cape Breton Regional Police said firefighters were called to the scene on Upper Prince Street on Saturday afternoon, where they put out a fire in a barn.

However, the fire had spread to several spools of fibre optic cable nearby.

Police said the fire marshal's office deemed the blaze suspicious.

Police said evidence at the scene and witness …