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Monday's Church Fire Is Third In String Of Suspected Arson For City Neighborhood Monday's Church Fire Is Third In String Of Suspected Arson For City Neighborhood
Monday's Church Fire Is Third In String Of Suspected Arson For City Neighborhood Today’s early morning church fire was the third suspicious blaze set in a single city neighborhood over the last two weeks. On Monday, Dec. 28, Springfield Fire Commissioner Bernard J. Cavi said that the fire at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Presbyterian Church appears to have been intentionally set. The fire began sometime between 2 and 3 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 28. The church fire on Concord Terrace is the third suspected intentionally-set city fire police and firefighters have responded to in the last week, Cavi said during a Monday afternoon press conference. "There were three oth…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Vacant Paper Mill Is On Fire - For The 4th Time Since June Vacant Paper Mill Is On Fire - For The 4th Time Since June
Vacant Paper Mill Is On Fire - For The 4th Time Since June For the fourth time since this summer, an empty paper factory has caught fire. In the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 10, firefighters received a report of flames at the old Strathmore Paper Mill on Valley View Avenue in Russell. As of 9 a.m. on Thursday, the fire was still blazing. This is the fourth time, the old paper mill has caught on fire in just over half a year. The sprawling, vacant mill complex caught on fire in June. The result was the destruction of building 2. Then there was another fire in July, a third in November, and now a fourth in December. A suspect, or suspec…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Arson: Fire Intentionally Set At Burlington Coat Factory Arson: Fire Intentionally Set At Burlington Coat Factory
Arson: Fire Intentionally Set At Burlington Coat Factory The Arson and Bomb Squad have been called in to investigate a small fire at a Burlington retail store. On Sunday, firefighters were called to Burlington Coat Factory on Cooley Street in Springfield for a report of a fire. The fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported. The Springfield Arson and Bomb Squad determined the fire was set intentionally. The incident is under investigation.

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Police ID Suspect Who Torched Biden/Harris Display - New Message Built Police ID Suspect Who Torched Biden/Harris Display - New Message Built
Police ID Suspect Who Torched Biden/Harris Display - New Message Built Police have made an arrest in relation to a Biden/Harris sign made out of hay bales being lit on fire. Lonnie Durfee, 49, is slated to be arraigned in Central Berkshire District Court Tuesday, Oct. 13, to face a charge of burning personal property, according to WHDH, Boston. Dalton Police responded to a report of a fire on Route 9 at the Holiday Brook Farm around 6:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9. The two-stack-high display of white, plastic-wrapped hay bales said “USA Vote Biden Harris 2020” in support of the Democrat challengers facing the Trump administration in the Nov. 3 presidential election.…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Fire That Injured 3 Firefighters Is Suspected Arson; Arrest Made Fire That Injured 3 Firefighters Is Suspected Arson; Arrest Made
Fire That Injured 3 Firefighters Is Suspected Arson; Arrest Made Police have arrested a man accused of setting a fire that injured three firefighters and torched a Springfield building. Jose Rodriguez-Acevedo, 21, of Springfield, was arrested Friday, Set. 4, and charged with arson of a dwelling and three counts of causing injury to a firefighter in the performance of their duties, according to the Office of Springfield Fire Commissioner Bernard Calvi. He was arrested around 10:30 a.m. in Johnny Appleseed Park. Rodriguez-Acevedo’s arrest is in connection to the Aug. 23 fire that spread to vacant buildings at 312-320 Locust St. He allegedly lit a mattress…

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by Kristin Palpini