Saturday, December 06, 2008

Group Of Teenaged Arsonists Suspected In Central Florida Serial Torchings Of Vacant Homes

From Zellwood, Florida, Central Florida media outlets have reported:

  • A serial arsonist has residents in one Orange County neighborhood living in fear. Two overnight fires near Round Lake Road in the Zellwood area were set on purpose and it's the same area where Eyewitness News reported someone set five fires last month. Investigators do believe the fires are connected. [...] Fire investigators say an arsonist is torching homes in the Zellwood area. The two home fires overnight were started in less than a 10-minute time period. Both homes were vacant and one was in foreclosure. See Serial Arsonist Has Neighborhood On Edge.

  • Orange County Fire Rescue officials believe a group of teens set two homes on fire in Zellwood overnight Monday. [... F]or the past month, five other abandoned houses have also been set up in flames. The [fire] Marshals office says they have leads indicating it’s a group of neighborhood teens setting the fires just for fun. See Fire officials believe teens set Zellwood homes on fire.

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