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Sun May 13, 2012, 07:56 PM May 2012

Coral Gables fire department says blaze at Cuba travel agency was arson

Source: Miami Herald

Posted on Sunday, 05.13.12

Coral Gables fire department says blaze at Cuba travel agency was arson

By Juan O. Tamayo

A fire at a company that charters flights to Cuba was sparked after a chunk of pavement was used to break open an office window and an incendiary device was then tossed into the building, according to a Coral Gables Fire Department report.

A K-9 dog trained to detect accelerants led investigators to three separate spots where the fire at the Airline Brokers Co. began, including an area where a shattered green bottle was found, the report added.

Investigators also found a disposable lighter in a doorway outside the southeast corner of the company’s ground-floor office at 815 Ponce De Leon Blvd., according to the report.

The report makes no mention of possible suspects in the April 27 pre-dawn blaze. That same day, the El Nuevo Herald newspaper quoted law enforcement sources as saying the fire was “deliberate.”

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Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/13/2796800/coral-gables-fire-department.html

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