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Officials Suspect Arson After String of Fires Hit New Bedford, Dartmouth

John Eagan

Story Created: Aug 27, 2008 at 6:19 PM EST

Story Updated: Aug 27, 2008 at 6:19 PM EST

Authorities in 2 Massachusetts communities are searching for answers Wednesday after a string of suspicious fires overnight leave fire officials crying arson.
    
The most serious damage was at a local Dartmouth day care center.  Firefighter video taken minutes after 4 school vans went up in flames shows an explosion at one point.  Dartmouth Fire investigators say someone set the vans on fire in the parking lot of Little People's College just after 1:00 am. 

At around the same time, they were responding to another fire in a nearby residential backyard.  Investigators believe the two fires and a few more across the line in New Bedford are all connected. 

ABC 6 reporter Robert Goulston has the details...

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