Three-alarm fire in New Haven, Connecticut destroys one apartment building & damages two others.

Excerpts from an article by William Kaempffer, New Haven Register:

A three-alarm fire that destroyed a Newhallville apartment building Friday afternoon was arson, fire officials said today.

“The fire is definitely suspicious,” said city Fire Marshal Joe Cappucci. Based on the dogs signals and evidence found at the scene, there were clear indications that the fire was “intentionally set,” he said.

The building was being demolished today

The fire was reported at 3 p.m. Friday. Witnesses reported the it began at the rear of the 7,600-square-foot building and quickly spread throughout the structure and to two neighboring buildings. Its balloon-frame construction accelerated the spread as fire moved unobstructed through voids in the walls and in a cockloft below the flat roof, Fire Chief Michael Grant said.

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