{"id":32787,"date":"2024-04-07T12:29:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32787"},"modified":"2024-04-07T21:02:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:02:30","slug":"man-set-fire-to-bernie-sanders-office-cops-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/04\/07\/man-set-fire-to-bernie-sanders-office-cops-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Set Fire to Bernie Sanders\u2019 Office, Cops Say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Edith Olmsted\/The Daily Beast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"ManBernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

06 april 24<\/strong> (RSN.org)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Local authorities have identified a possible unnamed suspect.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Afire at the office of Senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> (D-VT) in Burlington, Vermont<\/a> on Friday was intentionally lit, authorities say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Burlington Fire Marshal\u2019s office deemed the fire \u201cincendiary<\/a> in nature,\u201d according to a press release<\/a>. An investigation found that an accelerant had been sprayed on the door of Sen. Sanders downtown office, according to NECN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personnel in the building and surrounding structures were evacuated. Sanders was not in the office at the time, and no staffers were injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA significant fire engulfed the door and part of the vestibule, impeding the egress of staff members who were working in the office and endangering their lives. The sprinkler system then engaged and largely extinguished the fire,\u201d police said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burlington police have identified a possible unnamed suspect<\/a>, and are working jointly with Vermont State Police on the investigation. Sanders\u2019 State Director in Vermont, Kathryn Van Haste said<\/a> her organization was \u201cgrateful to the Burlington Fire and Police Departments,\u201d and \u201crelieved that no one on our staff and, to our understanding, no one in the building was harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edith Olmsted\/The Daily Beast Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni) 06 april 24 (RSN.org) Local authorities have identified a possible unnamed suspect. Afire at the office of Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) in Burlington, Vermont on Friday was intentionally lit, authorities say. The Burlington Fire Marshal\u2019s office deemed the fire \u201cincendiary in nature,\u201d according to a press release…. Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32787"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32787"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32806,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32787\/revisions\/32806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}