Word: arsons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bitter wage dispute with the hotel. But the latest evidence, according to Puerto Rico Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon, has led investigators to speculate that hotel security guards may have set the fire in an effort to discredit the union. Said Hernandez Colon: "We suspect there may be arson because of the very tense labor situation that existed...
...Cambridge Fire Department's arson unit is investigating the fire that swept through a Quincy House suite December 30, the Fire Department said earlier this week...
Greto could not be reached for comment on the arson unit's investigation...
Sparg, who is white, then identified herself as a guerrilla of the African National Congress, the outlawed antiapartheid political organization. Last week, dressed defiantly in the A.N.C.'s colors of black, green and yellow, she pleaded guilty to charges of treason, arson and attempted arson and was sentenced to 25 years in prison...
Authorities blame a rash of fires this year on arson, severe summer drought and the seasonal mistral wind that has whipped flames across dry southern forests. After tour ing the area, Prime Minister Jacques Chirac proposed a two-year program to improve the region's ability to fight and prevent fires. But for much of the south, the proposal came too late...