UPDATE: Five Jamestown Fires Ruled as Arsons

Firefighters in Jamestown were very busy late Friday night and early Saturday morning battling multiple blazes during a three-hour period.  Jamestown and county fire investigators are continuing to investigate a total of five fires, all of which have already been ruled as arson.  Jamestown Fire Battalion Chief Andrew Finson says the first call was to a vacant house at 654 East Sixth Street just after 11:00 PM...

Andrew Finson: fire at East 6th Street

While crews were at the scene on East Sixth, Finson says the second call came in shortly after midnight to 220 Crossman Street. He says that house was fully engulfed on arrival. Finson says the third call, for an outdoor fire, was called in from 30 West 11th Street just after 1:00 AM...

Andrew Finson: fire at West 11th Street

Finson says more off-duty firefighters were called in at that point, and the final call was to another vacant house at 33 West 10th just after 2:00 AM.  He says fighting five fires within three hours took its toll...

Andrew Finson: very exhausting

Finson says city fire investigators have already determined that all five blazes were intentionally set. Anyone with information on any of the overnight fires is asked to call the Jamestown Police Department's tips line at 483-8477.

Photos by the Post-Journal

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