Five unoccupied homes in the Seattle area were destroyed yesterday and it looks like the work of eco-terrorists:
(CNN) — Fire engulfed five luxury homes Monday morning at a subdivision north of Seattle in what could be a case of ecoterrorism, officials said.
A sign with the letters “ELF” was found at the scene of the fires in the “Street of Dreams” development in Woodinville, Washington, said Chief Rick Eastman of Snohomish County Fire District No. 7.
Eastman did not say if the sign is believed to be from the Earth Liberation Front, which the FBI has called an ecoterrorist group.
“Built green? Nope black!” the sign reads, according to an image from CNN affiliate KING-TV in Seattle. The sign calls the homes “McMansions.”
John Heller, president of Seattle Street of Dreams, said he had spoken to the fire chief and was told that the fires were suspicious.
“My understanding is that it was an act of terror,” Heller said.
Certainly seems like it.
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Act of terror? How about an act of arson?
March 6th, 2008 at 12:24 am
So what else is new? Somebody is always up to no good, and this is just another. I bet the developer couldn’t sell the homes, and finally found a way to get the insurance company to pay them for their loss. That should be a good story to read in the coming days, when we get the real story.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
What a shame they could focus all that energy on something else. I doubt it was the builder. They have too much to loose.