'Street of Dreams' homes destroyed by blaze (live now, WA state - ELF)

Northwest Cable Newws ^ | 06:36 AM PST on Monday, March 3, 2008

[HairOfTheDog]

KING Staff and Wire Reports

WOODINVILLE, Wash. - Four large homes are burning at a "Street of Dreams" model home development north of Woodinville. Snohomish County District Seven Chief Rick Eastman tells KING 5 that 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.

KING

A massive fire burned at least four large homes at a "Street of Dreams" model home development north of Woodinville early Monday.

No injuries have been reported in the three-alarm fire, which started around 4 a.m. Monday.

Eastman says some of the homes were still under construction. He said one is a total loss and two homes are substantially damaged. He says fires also were set at a total of six homes.

Eastman also said that the fires are suspicious because they were set in multiple places in separate homes.

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.

Eastman says police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating.

[bigfootbob]

I’m about to explode. I’ll bet you lunch the technique Jeff told us about how his fire was started is the M.O. used in Woodinville. Hopefully, this will lead to an arrest in Jeff’s case, I’d be very surprised if they’re not connected.

[GVnana]

I agree with you. I dislike like the McMansion trend only as a matter of taste. They look, to me, like personal islands for the overly self-indulgent, and provide nothing to enhance the exterior environment.

[Eva]

No, they don’t offer to pick up the trash, here. We live in an unincorporated area, on a private road with no turn around. We take our trash and recycling to the dump twice a month, but we burn a lot of it, too, and use a compost pile.

[Clemenza]

Correct. Woodinville has also been ground zero in the battle against sprawl, along with Snoqualmie and North Bend (aka Twin Peaks).

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Street of dreams isn’t really like that. They hold it in the Seattle area every year where they build some show homes, and much of the materials and appliances are donated to show off the latest designs and technology. The local firms use it as a advertisment for products and services when people tour. Because of that, part of the profits from the home sales go to charity, etc....

I heard this year they went overboard with the “green home” thing so its quite ironic that E.L.F burned it down.

[Ramius]

Evergreen in Olympia and more in Eugene... that’s most of them.

[from occupied ga]

They should be burned to death.

But think of the carbon footprint :-)

[My hearts in London - Everett]

I've been to Woodenville once for a job interview. It's about a half hour from me. Not sure what a "long drive" is to you, but I live in Everett - a 45 minute drive north of Seattle. Woodenville is on 405 between Everett and Seattle a few miles to the east....

Sounds to me like they don't care if their cohort gets the max sentence.

[DuncanWaring]

For the typical builder skating on the thin edge of bankruptcy, just little too CONVEEEEEENYENT.

Street of Dreams projects are a collection of houses built independently by different builders.

For them all to be burnt to avoid bankruptcy would require collusion by all the affected builders.

Odds are very good that this one really is ELF.

[rahbert]

good luck getting your brush pile to burn in all this
soggy weather.

[rockthecasbah]

Can Al Gore account for his whereabouts at 4:00 am this morning??

[editor-surveyor]

This is sick!

I have two friends that live within 1500 feet of that fire.
The main honsho of Costco lives near there too.

We need to put a bounty on terrorists, dead worth $10,000 more than alive. (saves court costs)

[editor-surveyor]

"Arsonists should be shot on sight."

Any arsonist that I ever catch will be begging to be shot!

[grey_whiskers]

Sorry, I don't know.

I usually watch Discovery Channel, History Channel, Man vs. Wild.

Used to watch The Weather Channel to catch Stephanie Abrams.

(Can you try looking it up on Most Wanted's homepage?)

Cheers!

[happinesswithoutpeace]

If it is the dude below he is due in court soon. : )

This guy

Environmental fugitive to appear in Portland federal court

[BurbankKarl]

There is nothing “green” about a $2 million home.

[sappy]

When I’m President, nothing bad like this will ever happen again.

Borak Obama

[iiidocs]

not in univ district at all. it’s in fremont.

[I_like_good_things_too]

Long drive is relative I suppose, my husband works in Seattle & we live in w’ville.