Response: 18 pieces of heavy fire equipment, 72 firefighters

Times: 1^st alarm – 2:09 a.m., 2^nd alarm – 2:15 a.m., 3^rd alarm – 2:23 a.m., 4^th alarm – 2:26 a.m.

Under control @ 2:53 a.m.

Cause: Incendiary

Injuries: None

Damage: $40,000

Details: Firefighters arrived to find the parking garage, attached to a 4-story vacant building, fully involved in flames. The fire spread up a wood paneled column, located in the southeast corner of the garage, onto the wood shingled roof. Witnesses told investigators that they had seen a vagrant leave the premises just before the fire started. There were no injuries as a result of this fire.

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