THE $20 MILLION FIRE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, last week that destroyed a furniture warehouse (see Firegeezer REPORT) has been officially classified as an arson.
At a Thursday morning press conference, Robert Elder, the special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ National Response Team, said that all possible accidental causes have been ruled out. There were approx. 40 employees in the warehouse and 50 or so customers in the showroom when the fire started around 8:30 pm on May 21. Everybody was evacuated safely and the 4-alarm response from the Houston FD was able to contain the fire to the warehouse and spared the showroom.
The owner, Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale, said he was shocked and stunned the fire has been ruled an arson. “Obviously we had prayed this would not be the outcome,” he said at his other store in Houston’s upscale Galleria area. “All we want is this person to be caught and brought to justice.”
KRIV-TV Ch. 7/26 has this video report on the latest announcement:
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