$3.5 million luxury home torched in South Carolina

6.06.2008
Char­lotte, North Car­oli­na, U.S. — 16 par­tial­ly or recent­ly con­struct­ed lux­u­ry homes have been inten­tion­al­ly burned down in south­east Char­lotte, west­ern Union Coun­ty, and Lan­cast­er Coun­ty, South Car­oli­na since 2001. Author­i­ties have yet to find who is respon­si­ble for the fires, but now believe that rad­i­cal envi­ron­men­tal­ists may be behind the arsons. The most recent devel­op­ment to go up in smoke was a $3.5 mil­lion man­sion destroyed Mon­day evening, see pic­tures below.

Charlotte luxury house burning6.06.2008
Char­lotte, North Car­oli­na, U.S. — 16 par­tial­ly or recent­ly con­struct­ed lux­u­ry homes have been inten­tion­al­ly burned down in south­east Char­lotte, west­ern Union Coun­ty, and Lan­cast­er Coun­ty, South Car­oli­na since 2001. Author­i­ties have yet to find who is respon­si­ble for the fires, but now believe that rad­i­cal envi­ron­men­tal­ists may be behind the arsons. The most recent devel­op­ment to go up in smoke was a $3.5 mil­lion man­sion destroyed Mon­day evening, see pic­tures below.

More pic­tures: http://www.charlotte.com/multimedia/galleries/gallery/651704.html

The fire at 8407 Winged Bourne Dri­ve, south Char­lotte, start­ed about 7:30 p.m. in a sec­ond floor hall­way and spread quick­ly, shoot­ing flames hun­dreds of feet into the air. The three-sto­ry man­sion off Gle­nea­gles Road near Quail Hol­low Club had ply­wood floors and stud­ded walls and was about 60% com­plete. By Tues­day inves­ti­ga­tors had ruled out all pos­si­ble acci­den­tal caus­es.

“The only dif­fer­ence is this burned dur­ing day­light,” said Char­lot­te’s Chief Fire Inves­ti­ga­tor David Low­ery said, declin­ing to elab­o­rate.

See also:

ELF Burn Down Lux­u­ry Homes (March 3rd)
http://earthfirst.org.uk/actionreports/node/20859