Arsonist Torches Two Georgia Houses

Nov. 5, 2008
Investigators are looking for an arsonist who set fire to two vacant houses in a Buford subdivision.

BUFORD, Ga. --

Investigators are looking for an arsonist who set fire to two vacant houses in a Buford subdivision.

Gwinnett County firefighters responded to a blaze at a vacant mobile home just after 5 a.m. Tuesday. While battling the fire they spotted smoke coming from a house about a block away.

Firefighters said the mobile home was heavily damaged. The house had moderate damage.

There were no injuries.

The Georgia Arson Control and the Gwinnett Fire and Explosion Section have offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of whoever was responsible.

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