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ATF Joins Fort Madison Fire Investigation

By on December 1, 2012
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THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS – ALSO KNOWN AS THE A-T-F — IS JOINING THE LOCAL INVESTIGATION INTO SEVERAL RECENT FIRES IN FORT MADISON.

 

AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THE CAUSE OF THE FIRES, PARTICULARLY WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE ARSON-RELATED.

THE FORT MADISON POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LEE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND THE IOWA STATE FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE A-T-F TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION PROCESS.

A BLAZE DESTROYED A HISTORIC FORT MADISON HOTEL LAST WEEKEND, WHILE ANOTHER FIRE TOOK PLACE EARLIER IN NOVEMBER AT A HORSE STABLE.