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Show -'' . - V'""' ' ' ' 1 " . .- rr '' j i Vfi j i; i -t , z, ' f ft J A Z' ' . j , . , Arson is the suspected cause of a fire at the Bountiful Recreation Vehicle Center. The fire caused thousands of dollars worth of damage to two expensive trailers. Investigation Investiga-tion is continuing in the "unknown origin" fires. Arson suspected in fires By GARY R. BLODGETT BOUNTIFUL Fires of "unknown "un-known origin" which burned two expensive travel trailers at the Bountiful Recreation Vehicle Center Cen-ter in Bountiful are under investigation investi-gation by the Bountiful Fire Department. De-partment. Assistant Fire Chief Mike Bar-fuss Bar-fuss said the two fires are being listed as "suspicious" and a full investigation of arson is underway. The two fires in trailers separated sepa-rated by about 200 feet caused damage of about $ 1 5 ,000 to one elaborate ela-borate trailer and $600 to the interior in-terior of another trailer. "The 31-foot extremely modern and fully equipped trailer was completely com-pletely gutted while the fire to the second, 28-foot trailer was contained con-tained to the interior," said Asst. Chief Barfuss. He explained that the fire was reported about 12:45 a.m. Sunday in the larger trailer located at the rear of the RV Center, 330 S. 500 W. "It was ablaze when we arrived but took only five minutes to extinguish," ex-tinguish," he said. "Three fire trucks and emergency vehicles were called to the scene because of the proximity of the fire to several other recreation vehicles and to an adjacent mobile home park." He said that about 10 minutes after arrival, the second trailer burst into flames and was immediately immedi-ately extinguished. "Because the trailers were in a sales lot at the rear of the property, and because there were separate fires inside the trailers more than 200 feet apart, we have to suspect arson," said Barfuss, who indicated indi-cated that investigation is continuing. con-tinuing. He noted that there had not been any other suspicious fires in the area within the past few months. "In fact," he said, "there has not been a structure fire in Bountiful since January." Asst. Chief Barfuss asks anyone who might have seen a suspicious vehicle or persons in the area of the fire (330 South 500 West) close to midnight on Saturday to please call the Bountiful Fire Department or Bountiful Police Department. |