Thursday, 31 May 2007 01:13
Investigation Continues Into Vogan Toll Road Fire
The investigation is continuing into the Vogan
Toll Road fire that occurred early last Friday morning. According to Jackson Fire
Chief Mark Morton, he, the Jackson Police Department and Cal Fire investigators
are all working closely on leads they have received. Jackson PD Captain Christy
Stidger said they do suspect that the fire is arson. Stidger said that Tom Oldeg, the CDF arson
investigator, Fire Chief Mark Morton and Jackson Detective Chris Mynderup have
all been following up on what she called “some pretty good leads.” Captain
Stidger also revealed that they are investigating it as a burglary as property
was missing. Stidger said a computer was
found to be missing after investigators searched the scene. The fire broke out
last Friday at 4:30am at the Law Offices of Stephen Zalkind. The
fire was first reported by the Jackson Police officer on scene to be a fully
involved structure. Fire crews from Jackson and Cal Fire arrived on scene
within minutes with two engines a piece. The structure by this time was fully
ablaze and concerns turned to limiting the spread of the fire to the
surrounding fields. Crews were able to limit the spread and the fire was under
control by 5:07 am, but the building was a total loss.