Was it Arson? Cluster of Blazes Lights Up North City Last Night

By Nicholas Phillips on Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 11:30 am

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Small group of fires...smells fishy (figuratively)

The boys from Engine House 20 had their hands full last night up in the O'Fallon Park / College Hill neighborhoods: no less than four fires broke out within a four-block radius, starting at 9:45 p.m.

Cpt. Michael Pickett tells Daily RFT that these are the four addresses (only one was occupied, the rest were vacant):

4350 College Avenue
1408 East Prairie
859 Cowan Street
857 Cowan Street

Pickett says investigators were out there this morning looking for clues that might point to arson or some connection between the blazes.

See other coverage, in no particular order: KSDK, Post-Dispatch, KTVI, KMOV