Authorities struggle against wave of L.A. arson fires

[marmar]

from LA Times:




Authorities struggle against wave of L.A. arson fires
January 1, 2012 | 9:38 am


Investigators were combing for clues from 39 separate fires as they struggled to halt a string of three days of arson blazes that has rattled Los Angeles.

At a news conference Sunday morning, L.A. fire and police officials said they had scores of investigators on the case and urged the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious activity.

"We have our best detectives on this," said LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith.

Officials did not provide details about how the fires started. But they said many of the fires start in cars and in some cases spread to carports, garages and apartments. They declined to talk about any evidence they found at the scenes of the arson fires. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/01/authorities-struggle-to-end-series-of-la-arson-fires.html

[pinto]

1. I bet this a text book case for investigators. There's obviously a pattern and an area.

Hope they get the perp(s) sooner than later.

[freshwest]

2. They better. Someone is going to get killed behind this. Some pets may have already died.