One person was arrested in the destruction of the building Sunday in downtown Hazard that housed the apartments, an office supply store and a bar. No arrests had been made Monday in connection with any of the other blazes.
``It's just hard to imagine what these people are thinking,'' said Hazard Police Chief Ronnie Bryant. ``I don't know if they're doing it for the excitement or just criminal behavior. Whatever it is, we're going to do our best to stop them and see that they're prosecuted.''
No injuries were reported.
Two church fires Saturday night may have been set after burglaries, said Don Parker, a State Police arson investigator in Pikeville.
Sugar Grove Baptist Church in Sitka was destroyed and New Bethel Freewill Baptist was moderately damaged, Parker said.
Johnson County Judge-Executive Roger Daniel said the fires were the latest in a series of incidents involving churches, including a break-in a month ago at another church.
There were 90 forest fires in eastern Kentucky during the weekend, most of them arson, said Gwen Holt, spokeswoman for the Kentucky Division of Forestry.
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