UPDATE: Man wanted in suspected intentional fire in Oak Island

OAK ISLAND, NC (WWAY) — The Oak Island Police Department is searching for a man after a suspected intentional fire in Oak Island on Sunday afternoon.

Just before 3 pm, the Oak Island Fire Department was dispatched to the Oak Island Masonic Lodge #758 in the 2000 block of East Oak Island Drive in response to a structure fire.

Firefighters contained the fire within 45 minutes and investigators began working to determine a cause.

The building suffered extensive damage to the front area of the interior, however, the total extent of damage and the remaining structural condition is unknown at this time.

On further investigation, officials say it appeared the fire had been intentionally set.

The Oak Island Police Department is now responding to this as a fire investigation. The police department has issued a warrant for 34-year-old Wesley Heckendorn of Bolivia on one count of felony burning of other buildings.

34-year-old Wesley Heckendorn of Bolivia (Photo: Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office)

Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office is also searching for Heckendorn as part of an ongoing missing person investigation. Heckendorn was last seen driving a white 2017 Kia Forte with a black front bumper, and the license plate CDN7528.

Anyone with information about Heckendorn’s whereabouts is asked to call 911 immediately.

Earlier on Sunday, Heckendorn was announced as a person of interest before being named a suspect.