Six Kentucky Firefighters Indicted For Arson

Aug. 8, 2005
The Lincoln County chief speculated that the volunteers set the fires for the thrill.

STANFORD - Several volunteer firefighters in Lincoln County committed arson by setting unoccupied buildings on fire, endangering the lives of fellow firefighters who responded to help fight the blazes, a grand jury charged yesterday.

The motive behind the blazes may have been that the firefighters were seeking a thrill, officials said.

"I think they were just some young boys with a lot of time on their hands and at some point wanted something to do," said Danny Glass, chief of the Lincoln County Fire Department, who helped investigate the firefighters under his command.

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