Fire at downtown home considered suspicious

  • Andy Paras
  • Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:01 a.m.
    UPDATED: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:52 p.m.
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Seven-year-old Maryna Dilligard and her 10-year-old brother, Eric, assess the damage of a house at 2 Kracke St. that burned early Wednesday morning. The children and their parents were evacuated from their home across the street while Charleston firefight
Andy Paras /The Post and CourierSeven-year-old Maryna Dilligard and her 10-year-old brother, Eric, assess the damage of a house at 2 Kracke St. that burned early Wednesday morning. The children and their parents were evacuated from their home across the street while Charleston firefight

Authorities are investigating what they say is a suspicious fire that destroyed a downtown home this morning.

Charleston firefighters responded to 2 Kracke Street at about 4:30 a.m. and found the large white house consumed in flames, Mark Ruppel, public information officer said.

Ruppel said the fire started on the front porch and spread to the attic. He said fire and police officials are still investigating whether it could be connected to a series of arsons at downtown structures.

Ruppel said the house was under renovation and that no one was living there at the time of the fire.


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