Suspicious fire, Norwich, Conn.

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NORWICH, Conn. (AP) - A house fire that broke out early Sunday
morning has been ruled arson, according to Norwich police.
Police said a fire started in a single-family home on Otrobando
Ave. at 4:47 a.m. The family of four who lives in the house was
visiting relatives and was not home at the time of the fire,
Norwich Lt. Patrick McMahon said.
One firefighter suffered minor injuries fighting the blaze, but
was treated and released from William W. Backus hospital, McMahon
said.
The state fire marshal and police spent the day investigating
the site.

(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press

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(Norwich-AP) -- Investigators in Norwich say the early morning
fire that destroyed a Yantic home yesterday was an arson.
The 5 a-m fire spread so fast that the 100 firefighters who
responded could not save the two-story home, a single-family
residence rented to a family of four.
No one was home at the time of the blaze.
Firefighters say it's very unusual for a fire to spread so
quickly, and said there was a suspicious burn pattern on the left
side of the house.
The home was devastated.

(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press