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>>> ANAS WE MENTIONED AT THE
TOP OF THE NEWSCAST, BREAKING
NEWS FROM SAN JOSE WHERE FIRE
CREWS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
CONTINUE THEIR INVESTIGATION
INTO TWO FIRE THAT IS COULD BE
RELATED TO A STRING OF FIRES
SET BY A SERIAL ARSONIST.
KRON 4 NEWS IS AT THE SCENE OF
THE FIRE.
WILL, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: MARTY, THIS IS IN
AN EAST SAN ANTONIO
NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS
WEEK THIS BUILDING HAS CAUGHT
ON FIRE.
THIS IS ON SOUTH 26th AND EAST
SAN ANTONIO STREET.
RESTORATION CREWS ARE HERE
BOARDING IT UP.
FORTUNATELY NO DEATHS OR
INJURIES, BUT THIS IS THE
SECOND TIME THIS WEEK.
OBVIOUSLY FIREFIGHTERS ARE
SAYING THIS IS NOT A
COINCIDENCE.
JOINING ME NOW IS CAPTAIN BARRY
HE WILL LETTERS.
THIS IS THE -- 8th ARSON FIRE
THIS WEEK?
>> THERE ARE TWO FIRES
UNDETERMINED.
WE HAVE HAD VERY, VERY SMALL
SUSPICIOUS TYPE STARTS SIMILAR
TO THE ONES IN THE PAST EARLY
THIS MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY
2:00 THIS MORNING.
THEN THIS ONE IS PROBABLY
SUSPICIOUS.
>> Reporter: WHY IS THIS
SUSPICIOUS?
>> BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME EXACT
BUILDING, THE TIME OF THE HOUR
DONE, THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL
LOCATION, NO INCENDIARY
DEVICES AS FAR AS A HEAT SOURCE
TO CAUSE THIS THING TO CATCH ON
FIRE.
>> Reporter: DOES SOMETHING
STAND OUT LIKE A GASOLINE CAN
OR SOMETHING THAT SAY, WAIT A
MINUTE, THEY HAVE THE SAME
FINGERPRINTS?
>> NO, I WAS MENTIONING IN THE
NEWS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY BY
ARSON UNIT, THIS PERSON IS
USING ORDINARY COMBUSTIBLES,
NEWSPAPERS, CARDBOARD, ANY
TYPE OF WOOD TO SET THE FIRE.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND
AN INCENDIARY LIQUID OR
FLAKABLE LIQUID OR ANYTHING
LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: HAVING AN ARSONIST
RUNNING AROUND FREELY IS
TERRIFYING.
IS THERE ANYTHING THE SAN JOSE
FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING TO
MAKE SURE THE STRUCTURES ARE
SAFE IN THE MEANTIME WHILE THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DO THEIR
THING TO CATCH THIS GUY?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE SAN JOSE AND OUR POLICE
DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING
TIRELESSLY 24 HOURS A DAY TO
FIND THIS PERSON OF INTEREST,
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL,
TO GET HIM OFF THE STREET, TO
FIND OUT IF HE IS THE ONE
SETTING THE FIRES.
>> Reporter: IT DIDN'T TAKE TOO
LONG TO PUT THIS FIRE OUT?
>> NO, IT DIDN'T.
WITH THE FIRST RESPONDER, THEY
WERE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH IT
FAIRLY FAST, BUT THEY STILL
HAD TO MAKE SURE ALL THE HOT
SPOTS WERE OUT.
AND THEN ANOTHER COMPANY MADE
ACCESS INSIDE AND PUT OUT THE
HOT SPOTS AND FLAME THAT IS MAY
HAVE BEEN INSIDE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS A $10,000
REWARD?
>> YES, UP TO A $10,000 REWARD
FOR THE CONVICTION OR
ASSISTANCE IN THE CONVICTION OF
THIS PERSON OF INTEREST THAT IS
OUT IN THE FLIER THAT IS OUT.
THIS IS THE THING I WANT TO
POINT OUT.
THAT FLIER IS OUT.
SOMEONE OUT THERE HAS TO KIND
OF RECOGNIZE THAT PERSON AND
SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT MAY
BE JOE DOWN THE STREET OR AN
ACQUAINTANCE OAR A RELATIVE OR
SOMETHING.
MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS AND GET
THAT INFORMATION INTO US,
BECAUSE WITH YOUR SUSPICIOUS
AND ALL THAT IS GOING ON WITHIN
ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS, POLICE
AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH OUR
ARSON UNIT, WE CAN GET THIS
PERSON AND FIND OUT IF HE IS
THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A BUSY WEEK
FOR CAPTAIN EHLERS, AND THE
SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU HEARD HIM SAY THE SAN JOSE
FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, EVERYONE IS ON
HIGH ALERT TO CAPTURE WHO IS
BEHIND THESE ARSON FIRES.
HE IS NOT GOING TO GO OUT AND
SAY IT IS AN ARSON, BUT
DEFINITELY SUSPICIOUS.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS
BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO A CHURCH
HAS CAUGHT ON FIRE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> JUST TO REINFORCE, NOBODY
WAS INJURED IN THESE TWO FIRES
OVERNIGHT, RIGHT?
>> Reporter: NOBODY WAS INJURED
OVERNIGHT IN THESE TWO FIRES,