Tuesday, May 09, 2000
Back-to-back Ludlow fires suspicious
By Cindy Schroeder
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LUDLOW — Authorities say back-to-back fires that destroyed one vacant Ludlow house and damaged another are of suspicious origin, but they stopped short of linking them to other recent fires in unoccupied buildings.
A passerby reported the latest fire, which caused $3,000 to $4,000 damage to a vacant apartment at 328 Elm St., about 7:10 p.m. Friday, according to Kenton County's Dispatch Center.
Friday's fire was just 3,000 feet from Thursday's early morning blaze that destroyed a vacant, two-story frame house at 2 Butler St., said Terry Bandy, chief of the Ludlow Volunteer Fire Department.
The latest fire was the sixth suspicious Ludlow fire this year.
“(Friday's fire) was a little bolder,” said Dennis Halpin, team leader with the Kenton County Fire Investigation Task Force and Taylor Mill fire chief. “This one occurred during daylight hours. It was in a high traffic area, and there was a festival going on.”
Chief Halpin said the Kentucky State Police Crime Laboratory in Frankfort is testing debris from both fires to determine what was used to set the blazes.
On Thursday, the fire-damaged Butler Street house — owned by Wayne Carlisle of Carlisle Construction — was torn down, Chief Halpin said.
Three months ago, former Ludlow Volunteer Firefighter Robert Collins, 20, pleaded not guilty to an arson charge in connection with a Feb. 4 Oak Street fire.
“I really don't think (the two latest fires) relate to the other recent fires they've had in Ludlow,” Chief Halpin said. “Right now, we're treating both of them as open cases.”
Anyone with information on either fire should contact Ludlow police at 261-8186.The Kenton County Fire Investigation Task Force and Ludlow Police Department are investigating.
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