Peter Talbot
The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
（MCT）
Jan. 26—Investigators in Tacoma and Ruston are looking into 12 fires suspected of being arson that broke out Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, most of which occurred at residential buildings in Central Tacoma and northern areas of the city.
Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames without any injuries, and Tacoma Fire Department spokesperson Joe Meinecke credited their quick work with keeping the fires from turning deadly.
“人们在这些火灾发生的这些地方，这真的很有意义，”梅内克说。“这不仅危及我们的社区，而且危及我们的工作人员。我们很激动，我们的人都受伤了。“
从酒精，烟草，枪支和西雅图爆炸物的代理商被派去协助塔科马警察部门调查火灾，其中大部分都发生在几家住宅，公寓楼和独立的车库。Ruston警察局还调查了纵火的火灾。新闻论坛报道没有能够有关详细信息到达部门代表。
调查人员没有证据表明火灾已连接，但TPD发言人Wendy Haddow表示，警方的调查将使该决定。
Assistant chief of EMS Mary Hallman described the fires as happening in two clusters, three of which were reported in Central Tacoma earlier in the evening Tuesday. Five other fires were reported in northern parts of Tacoma later in the night and in the early hours of Wednesday.
On Wednesday afternoon, police said three more possible arson fires occurred overnight and were discovered in the morning by employees coming into work. The fires caused minor damage and were reported in the 4000 block of 6th Avenue, the 1500 block of South Union Avenue and the 3200 block of South D Street.
Fire Spokesperson Meinecke表示，他无法描述那些特定的火灾可疑的是什么，但他说纵火的典型迹象包括近距离发生的火灾和促进剂的存在。他说，调查人员经常认为在展望火灾和它起源的地方的同时发出怀疑。
Tacoma residents react to the fires
Central Tacoma resident Warren Crain, 60, said he heard sirens Tuesday evening, but it wasn’t until he took his dog, Wolfgang, for a walk that he realized fire engines were responding only blocks away.
李子表示，整个区域闻起来像烟雾，但他没有看到任何实际的火焰。Crain开始回家，这就是当他发现州街的房子里的火焰门廊家具时。
“My dog and I were walking by, and I looked and went, ‘Oh that ain’t good,’ and so was up pounding the door and throwing flaming tables and flaming potted plants off the porch,” Crain said.
火融化了一些家庭的乙烯基壁板，但是李克兰说，一旦他移动火焰家具，火灾就开始熄灭。他叫911，一旦消防队员到达检查它，他回家了。他的双手仍然在星期三呈现。
李克兰说他已经在邻居住了20多年了，他不会被火灾吓倒。
“I’m going to be careful, but I’m not going to let the paranoia win,” Crain said.
On Twitter, fire officials shared a list of several ways residents can reduce the risk of arson in their neighborhoods.
Tips included installing lights to cover all sides of your house, trimming shrubs that might block the home’s view from the street and removing flammable materials from around the house.
A 72-year-old North End resident said motion detector lights outside her home — not far from where a fire was reported on North Cheyenne Street — helped deter some suspicious activity in her driveway. She asked that her name not be included due to fears over her safety.
The woman said that around 2:18 a.m. Wednesday, her cameras showed a person stop in front of her truck and look around before walking into her driveway. She said the person didn’t look in her cars but did take a look at the gated entrance to her backyard. That’s when motion detector lights came on and the person left.
居民表示，她将图像送到犯罪止血人塔科马/皮尔斯县。她在邻居住了40年，她说这些事件让她高举警戒。
Where fires were reported in Tacoma
火灾官员表示，船员被派遣到前三个中央塔科马火灾左右7:45，8和8:25。火灾发生在彼此一英里。
事件是一个独立的车库火，汽车火灾和房屋火灾。Hallman表示，火灾主要是微不足道的，船员能够快速管理它们。它们发生在2000年南部7号街和600街南州街道的600楼。
后来，消防员在北塔科马的五个燃烧者作出反应。Fires were reported at a three-story apartment building in the 5000 block of North Pearl Street at 11 p.m., a single-family home in the 4600 block of North Gove Street at 2 a.m. and a detached garage fire in the 3700 block of North Cheyenne Street at 3 a.m.
Tacoma police said fires were also reported in the 4700 block of North Orchard Street at 1:24 a.m. and another fire in the 3700 block of North Cheyenne Street at 3:56 a.m.
This story was originally published January 26, 2022 7:56 AM.
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