Ex-oil exec’s luxury home burned down by molotovs

Edmon­ton, Cana­da — The lux­u­ry home of for­mer Syn­crude pres­i­dent and CEO Jim Carter was burned down by an arson­ist Sat­ur­day night. Inves­ti­ga­tors believe that envi­ron­men­tal con­cerns may have been the motive.

Ex-oil exec's luxury home burned down by molotovsEdmon­ton, Cana­da — The lux­u­ry home of for­mer Syn­crude pres­i­dent and CEO Jim Carter was burned down by an arson­ist Sat­ur­day night. Inves­ti­ga­tors believe that envi­ron­men­tal con­cerns may have been the motive. The build­ing was struck by two molo­tov cock­tails and was quick­ly con­sumed by flames, before fire­fight­ers had a chance to con­trol the blaze. Dam­ages were esti­mat­ed at $850,000. Carter who has ties to the oil and gas indus­try was out, as were his fam­i­ly mem­bers, at the time of the inci­dent which took place at approx­i­mate­ly 8:15 PM. No one was injured fight­ing the fire.