Posted on 05/02/2021 7:47:22 AM PDT by simpson96
CHICAGO (CBS) — Firefighters in Gary, Indiana, put out multiple suspicious fires spanning miles across the city early Sunday morning.
The fires were at several abandoned structures hit by what firefighters believe was an arsonist overnight. A city spokesperson said 15 to 18 structures were burned.
One fire was at 8th Avenue and Tennessee and reignited Sunday morning, still smoldering with the front steps still standing and one wall just barely hanging on.
Another fire was about a half mile away at 8th Avenue and Pennsylvania. Crews found another scene 2.5 miles away at 25th and Washington. Then five miles east of those three locations, another fire was ignited at 5th and Tompkins.
The fire department said all of the structures appear to be abandoned.
Several burned to the ground as the fire department simply could not get to them. The Gary Fire Department was maxed out by the number of fires burning at the same time and had to call in mutual aid from at least 10 neighboring departments.
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/heavy sarc
If the perp is caught, will he get a lawsuit payoff, or have his record sealed?
Trash heaps should burn.
Yesterday was May Day - the day communists support victory over oppression.
AntiFa celebrated it in Seattle. The insurrection is not televised.
Folks - were in a hot war.
“Trash heaps should burn.”
Maybe someone wants to collect insurance on one, and burned the others for cover.
But most likely just a firebug getting a thrill.
15 Fires in Gary?
That’s what I call a Community Improvement Project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUF_RxnepJ0
This is just one of many videos of street after street after street in Gary.
If the perp is caught, will he get a lawsuit payoff, or have his record sealed?
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He may get a commendation from the City. Thanking him for his improvement efforts.
See post 6. See other pics and videos of what Gary is today.
Your scenarios are by far the most likely, but I can’t help but think of the IRA’s old tactic of calling in multiple simultaneous threats or starting simultaneous incidents to test authority response times and evaluate their capabilities and methods.
Gary, Indiana, Gary Indiana, Gary, Indiana,
Let me say it once again.
Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana, Gary, Indiana,
That’s the town that “knew me when.”
If you’d like to have a logical explanation
How I happened on this elegant syncopation,
I will say without a moment of hesitation
There is just one place
That can light my face.
Gary, Indiana,
Gary Indiana,
Not Louisiana, Paris, France, New York, or Rome, but—
Gary, Indiana,
Gary, Indiana,
Gary Indiana,
My home sweet home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjP2O9Qe4Ek
Bonus points if anyone knows who this little kid is...
Whenever we were traveling SE from Wisconsin, I remember my Dad & Grandpa purposefully AVOIDING Gary, Indiana when driving - and that was in the 1960’s!
population
1960 178,320
2019 74,879
The racial makeup of the city 84.8% African American, 10.7% White (2010)
Someone testing the limits of the fire dept?
“I can’t help but think of the IRA’s old tactic of calling in multiple simultaneous threats or starting simultaneous incidents to test authority response times and evaluate their capabilities and methods.”
If the fires are some distance apart it would be difficult for one person to start all of them in one night, so there are a lot of questions left unanswered for now. And it was Commie Day, right?
Bumpty-bump
Wow.
Only 30 miles from Gary to Chicago on I 90. You breathe a sigh of relief when you leave it.
Lots of fixer-uppers.
From the web....
Gary, Indiana is reportedly home to 13,000 abandoned structures.
Now updated to read...
Gary, Indiana is reportedly home to 12n985 abandoned structures.
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