Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Bay Area Arsonist Striking Portable Toilets

A San Francisco area arsonist has a strange target for setting fires.

According to authorities in the Bay Area, an arsonist targeting portable toilets in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood has struck a 12th time. A plastic outhouse used by construction workers was found set on fire Tuesday at about 12:45 a.m. near the intersection of Union and Taylor streets, the latest in a series of incidents that started last month.

The fire department had earlier noted at least seven similar arson incidents, but revised the count to 12, all in the vicinity of Russian Hill.

A number of the portable toilets have burned to the ground to date.

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