Suspicious fires cause major damage at Redding’s Caldwell Park
REDDING, Calif. — Officials today confirmed to SCNS that a series of suspected arson fires set at Redding’s Caldwell Park caused major damage to one of the park’s bathrooms as well as minor damage to the location’s on-site snack building over Memorial Day weekend.
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A park maintenance worker on Tuesday, June 2, said at least two suspicious fires occurred in recent days at Caldwell Park’s Little League baseball facility, in the area of Delta Street and Quartz Hill Road.
Caldwell Park maintenance staff on Tuesday said at least two suspicious fires over Memorial Day weekend left one of the park’s bathroom with major damage, while a second fire damaged electrical wiring outside the park’s snack building. Les Potter photo
The first fire caused major damage to one of the park’s bathrooms, while the second fire caused damage to the facility’s snack building, according to the maintenance worker; who said some of the snack building’s electrical wiring was destroyed by the second fire.
He could not say when or if the heavily damaged bathroom or slightly damaged snack shack would be re-opened.
Contacted for more information about the fires and ongoing investigation, Redding PD had not responded as of this report; however, a department representative confirmed the cause of the fires remain under investigation.
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