Man sets over 20 fires in LA
January 1st, 2012 - 7:19 pm ICT by IANSWashington, Jan 1 (IANS/EFE) Los Angeles police are searching for a man suspected to have caused at least 28 fires that have burned vehicles and buildings around the city.
At least seven cars were in flames Saturday in the North Hollywood area, added to the 21 fires that were reported Thursday night at different areas in the city, the Los Angeles Times reported.
The fires were set rapidly one after another and almost all began with a vehicle. The flames spread in some cases to nearby houses and apartment buildings, police said.
Among the damaged properties was the Hollywood Hills home of late singer of The Doors, Jim Morrison.
Authorities have not yet given a total estimate of the damage. Four of the fires in West Hollywood area caused losses worth $350,000.
As the fires broke out successively in neighbourhoods distant from one another, police suspect they were orchestrated by the same person.
Police were also studying the possibility that there could be an imitator, someone not connected to the main suspect.
–IANS/EFE
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