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(Suspicious) Fire guts Miami offices of Cuba travel firm
Source: Reuters
Fire guts Miami offices of Cuba travel firm
By David Adams
MIAMI | Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:59pm EDT
(Reuters) - State and local officials were investigating a suspicious fire on Friday that gutted the Miami offices of a travel agency specializing in flights to Cuba.
Fire rescue officials responded to a fire at Airline Brokers before dawn. The ground floor suite of offices was destroyed and an acrid smell hung in the air as police cordoned off the street outside. Investigators searched through the ashes assisted by dogs that are trained to detect accelerant.
"There is an investigation currently underway," said Deborah Cox, a spokeswoman for the state Fire Marshals Office. She said no details were being released because the probe was ongoing.
The FBI is also working with local police "to determine how the investigation will proceed," said the FBI's Miami spokesman, Michael Leverock.
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By David Adams
MIAMI | Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:59pm EDT
(Reuters) - State and local officials were investigating a suspicious fire on Friday that gutted the Miami offices of a travel agency specializing in flights to Cuba.
Fire rescue officials responded to a fire at Airline Brokers before dawn. The ground floor suite of offices was destroyed and an acrid smell hung in the air as police cordoned off the street outside. Investigators searched through the ashes assisted by dogs that are trained to detect accelerant.
"There is an investigation currently underway," said Deborah Cox, a spokeswoman for the state Fire Marshals Office. She said no details were being released because the probe was ongoing.
The FBI is also working with local police "to determine how the investigation will proceed," said the FBI's Miami spokesman, Michael Leverock.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/27/us-usa-fire-cuba-idUSBRE83Q1BH20120427
