California Vacant Foreclosure Goes Up In Flames

The Modesto Bee reports:

• "A suspicious fire Friday afternoon destroyed a vacant two-story house east of Turlock that neighbors said was the site of a methamphetamine laboratory bust a year ago. [...] Bill Rossi, 60, lives nearby and owns the almond orchards that surround the destroyed house. He said the house had been vacant since authorities raided it and found a meth lab operation in an upstairs room. Rossi said the home continued to serve as a hangout for drug users and transients who would break in. [...] He said the home had gone through several owners before it was placed in foreclosure."

Witnesses reported seeing two men leaving the property on bicycles shortly after the fire started. Arson has not been ruled out. For more, see Fire destroys Turlock home, site of meth lab.

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