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November 22, 2008 4:54:58 CST



Arsonist May Have Set Fla. Fires

Posted May 13, 08 4:53 PM CDT in Crime & Courts US 

(Newser) – Fires that have raged across Florida over the last 2 days may have been deliberately set, Gov. Charlie Crist said today. Investigators have pointed to the fact that many of the blazes in different places sprang up at once as evidence of arson, CNN reports. Almost 100 homes have been damaged by the fires, which authorities say are now mostly contained.

Crist promised swift justice for the arsonist, if apprehended: "That's why we have jail," he said at a news conference. "To lock people like that up for a very long time."

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Firefighters battle a fire at the Babcock road in Palm Bay, Fl., Tuesday, May 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Florida Today, Amanda Stratford)
Firefighters battle a fire at the Babcock road in Palm Bay, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Wildfires went through the Palm Bay area over the last two days destroying homes.   (AP Photo/Florida Today, Amanda Stratford)
A firefighter walks away from burning brush in the Oakmont Preserve subdivision in Malabar, Fla., Tuesday, May 13, 2008.   (AP Photo/Joe Kaleita)
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