Photo: A scrapper looks for metal after fire tore through this house at 2577 Stair. Steve Neavling/MCM
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The arson situation in Detroit isn't getting any better.
Steve Neavling of the Motor City Muckraker who has undertaken a year-long examination of the beleaguered Detroit Fire Department and the devastating impact of arsons, writes this:
Fires broke out in more than 250 houses, businesses and other buildings in Detroit in March, the most destructive month of the year so far, as rigs broke down, hydrants malfunctioned and arsonists grew bolder.
The number of suspicious fires and arsons doubled over February, accounting for more than 60% of the blazes. The suspicious fires were often so fierce that they spread to 29 neighboring houses and buildings, according to onsite inspections and a Motor City Muckraker review of dispatch records. On seven different occasions, fires tore through three or more neighboring houses.
