Big Dave
March 3rd, 2008, 09:44 AM
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Breaking news: Four 'Street of Dream' homes burned by blaze http://www.king5.com/images/icon_video.gif
07:40 AM PST on Monday, March 3, 2008
By TIM ROBINSON / KING 5 News and Associated Press
WOODINVILLE, Wash. - An early morning fire still burning at the "Street of Dreams" model luxury home development in Echo Lake just north of Woodinville has destroyed at least three homes, and officials believe a well-known arsonist group is responsible.
No injuries have been reported in the three-alarm fire, which started around 4 a.m. Monday.
Snohomish County District Seven Chief Rick Eastman said a sign saying ELF was left at the scene. ELF or Earth Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for other arsons, including one at the University of Washington in 2001 for which a woman is now on trial in Tacoma.
Eastman said some of the homes were still under construction and no one was living in the homes at the time. Three homes were completely destroyed and one home suffered damaged. Eastman said fires also were set at a total of six homes.
Eastman said that the fires were suspicious because they were set in multiple places in separate homes. Firefighters were letting the fires burn out for fear they could possibly be booby-trapped.
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This 5-ft.-by-5-ft. note signed by ELF was discovered near the fire scene.
"I'm not letting crews get in the buildings. It's a defensive fire right now," said Eastman. "We heard several explosions inside of there, so we're not sending any crews in for the fear that they are booby trapped...We're in a contain mode."
A 5-ft. by 5-ft. sign found nearby the scene read "Built Green? Nope BLACK! McMansions + RCD's r not green. ELF" RCD means rural cluter development.
Eastman says police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were investigating.
The Street of Dreams is an annual showcase of luxury homes in the Seattle area. The latest development is off Highway 522 at Echo Lake Drive.
Breaking news: Four 'Street of Dream' homes burned by blaze http://www.king5.com/images/icon_video.gif
07:40 AM PST on Monday, March 3, 2008
By TIM ROBINSON / KING 5 News and Associated Press
WOODINVILLE, Wash. - An early morning fire still burning at the "Street of Dreams" model luxury home development in Echo Lake just north of Woodinville has destroyed at least three homes, and officials believe a well-known arsonist group is responsible.
No injuries have been reported in the three-alarm fire, which started around 4 a.m. Monday.
Snohomish County District Seven Chief Rick Eastman said a sign saying ELF was left at the scene. ELF or Earth Liberation Front has claimed responsibility for other arsons, including one at the University of Washington in 2001 for which a woman is now on trial in Tacoma.
Eastman said some of the homes were still under construction and no one was living in the homes at the time. Three homes were completely destroyed and one home suffered damaged. Eastman said fires also were set at a total of six homes.
Eastman said that the fires were suspicious because they were set in multiple places in separate homes. Firefighters were letting the fires burn out for fear they could possibly be booby-trapped.
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/M_IMAGE.1185a805c34.93.88.fa.d0.1ab65f03.jpg KING
This 5-ft.-by-5-ft. note signed by ELF was discovered near the fire scene.
"I'm not letting crews get in the buildings. It's a defensive fire right now," said Eastman. "We heard several explosions inside of there, so we're not sending any crews in for the fear that they are booby trapped...We're in a contain mode."
A 5-ft. by 5-ft. sign found nearby the scene read "Built Green? Nope BLACK! McMansions + RCD's r not green. ELF" RCD means rural cluter development.
Eastman says police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were investigating.
The Street of Dreams is an annual showcase of luxury homes in the Seattle area. The latest development is off Highway 522 at Echo Lake Drive.