A reliable source reports that, several days ago, Council Member Elizabeth Glidden invited city staff to a CANDO meeting at Sabathani to discuss the decision-making regarding the Fjelde house demolition and to hear resident concerns. Although the arson investigation is not complete or released, city staff were able to state that the investigators know that a liquid accelerant was used to start the fire.
This seems to rule out the scenario of a typical squatter starting a fire to get warm and seems to point more in the direction of deliberate arson.
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(Blog post by John Hoff, from a hotel room in Lake Charles, Lousiana)