$25,000 Reward Offered in Torching of Complex
From Times Wire Reports
Local building trade officials are offering a $25,000 reward in hopes of solving an arson fire that destroyed a five-story apartment complex under construction.
The Earth Liberation Front, linked to arson across the West, claimed responsibility for the fire, which caused an estimated $50 million in damage. A banner found at the scene read, “If you build it, we will burn it,” with the initials ELF.
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