35 Arson Fires in Last 2 Days May Be Connected

[Wolfwood]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...e-believe.html

Los Angeles authorities investigating a string of more than 35 fires set over the last two days strongly suspect the blazes are the work of more than one arsonist.

On Friday morning, 21 fires were started in a relatively small area around Hollywood and West Hollywood. On Friday night and Saturday morning, 16 more fires were reported. They were similar to the ones in Hollywood but were spread out over a much larger area.

Eight of the fires occurred in North Hollywood, three in the foothill area of the San Fernando Valley, three in the Wilshire Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, one on the Westside and one in Lennox.

Law enforcement sources told The Times that it would be difficult -- but not impossible -- for one person to set all those fires. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case was open, said it's possible there is more than one arsonist or that some fires are the work of copycats.

One source said a single arsonist would have to be a "superman" to have set all the blazes Saturday morning.

Photos: Hollywood arson fires
Officials described the blazes set Friday as one of the worst arson rampages in Los Angeles in recent history.

Among the properties damaged was the Hollywood Hills home where The Doors' Jim Morrison once lived. The home inspired Morrison's song "Love Street."

Friday night's fires left L.A.-area residents on edge and investigators perplexed as they began the painstaking search for clues on who had set the fires and why.

Nearly all of the fires began with a vehicle being set ablaze. Several times, however, the flames jumped to nearby apartment buildings or houses, causing significant damage at some of the locations.

Estimates of the total damage were not available, although officials from the Los Angeles County Fire Department said that four fires set in West Hollywood alone destroyed about $350,000 worth of cars and property.

One firefighter suffered back and neck injuries and was taken to a hospital. His condition was not thought to be serious.

The only clue officials have released about the Saturday fires is that they are looking for a male driving a white and tan mid-1990s Lexus ES300. No further description of the suspect was released.

There's a joke to be made about flames and west Hollywood, but I'll let someone else connect the dots.

Anyways, it sounds like someone is starting their New Years celebration a bit early. If it really is the work of one or more arsonists working together than I can't imagine that would be the end of that. I mean, why stop at 35 random fires? Thankfully the damage seems relatively minor.

[SuperSoldier985]

After 20,000 years, we're still behaving like stupid cavemen...

[SpideyVille]

Some men just want to watch the world burn?

[Lasirius]

They're searching for the tangerine.

[Hotwire]

Project Mayhem at work, perhaps?

[Ultra Lantern]

Pyro from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants is behind all the fires.

[LibidoLoca]

Fire is such a beautiful yet dangerous thing.

[bullets]

could it be...

[LibidoLoca]

[SpideyVille]

[Mike_D202]

The tagline to this thread made me laugh, just because I pictured two arson detectives sitting in a diner talking.

"There's been 35 arsons the past two days..."
"I wonder if they may be somehow connected?"
"...naww."

[VenomSpawn]

"35 Arson Fires in Last 2 Days...

...May Be Connected"

[terry78]

That's just what the arsonist wants you to think.

[HisMagicTrick]

Originally Posted by Lasirius

They're searching for the tangerine.

[Mace Bloodstone]

[Mr. Wooden Alligator]

Ding dang dirty Molech worshippers.

[Ultimatehero]

And to think I would be there if I hadn't gone home. Wow. Just 15-20 minutes away from my old apartment.

[Sundancer]

Devil's Night is so popular they brought it to LA.

[Mace Bloodstone]

He got caught?

[Ultra Lantern]

Originally Posted by Mace Bloodstone

He got caught?

I saw it on the news.

[Wolfwood]

It was a German. Can't ever take your eyes off them Germans.

EDIT: and apparently he did it because he was pissed that his mother was being deported back to Germany for failing to pay for her breast augmentation and 19 other crimes. At last count, he was suspected of starting 50 fires totaling up to 3 million dollars in damages.

[SnuffTheRooster]

They need to get Cole Phelps on this case, stat.

[bullets]

Originally Posted by Wolfwood

It was a German. Can't ever take your eyes off them Germans.

EDIT: and apparently he did it because he was pissed that his mother was being deported back to Germany for failing to pay for her breast augmentation and 19 other crimes. At last count, he was suspected of starting 50 fires totaling up to 3 million dollars in damages.

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[CelticPredator]

Damn you Ryan Howard, and your cheese peta's!