Seattle police investigating string of 12 fires in a single night

Seattle police arrested a suspect early Wednesday that they believe could be connected to 12 separate fires set in a single night.

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SPD describes a “string of arsons” that began at 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, after a dumpster in the 1200 block of Boylston Avenue was set on fire. The alleged perpetrator then began making their way north, after a string of other fires were then set in dumpsters and recycling bins across Pioneer Square, the International District, First Hill, Capitol Hill, and Yesler Terrace.

The suspected arsonist was nabbed around 2 a.m. Wednesday, after transit security guards on Capitol Hill saw a 25-year-old man throwing cardboard into a burning trashcan at East Olive Way and Broadway. The suspect was apprehended a few blocks away from that location, after transit security extinguished the trashcan fire.

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Law enforcement isn’t completely certain if the man is responsible for the other fires, but is in the process of investigating a possible link. Police are asking for any witnesses who either saw any of the fires firsthand or had surveillance cameras at the following locations to contact SPD’s Arson and Bomb Unit at (206) 684-8980:

• Fire #1 12/17/19 @ 9:17 PM: 1200 block of Boylston Ave
• Fire #2 12/17/19 @ 9:24 PM: 1300 block of Seneca St
• Fire #3 12/17/19 @9:29 PM: 900 block of Madison St
• Fire #4 12/17/19 @ 9:36 PM: 800 block Spring St
• Fire #5 12/17/19 @ 09:41 PM: 1000 block 8th Ave
• Fire #6 12/17/19 @ 10:28 PM: 200 block 1 Ave S
• Fire #7 12/17/19 @ 10:37 PM: 2 Ave S and S Jackson St
• Fire #8 12/17/19 @ 10:38 PM :  S Main St and Post Alley
• Fire #9 12/18/19 @ 12:06 AM: 10 Ave E and E Jefferson St
• Fire #10 12/18/19 @ 12:34 AM: 100 block of 11 Ave
• Fire #11 12/18/19 @ 12:38 AM: 100 block of 11^th Ave
• Fire #12 12/18/19 @ 01:56 AM: Broadway and E Olive Way

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