Fireworks believed to have started apartment fire

  • Residents on this quad-plex apartment building on N. 6th Street in Hot Springs had to be evacuated in the middle of the night after the siding on the structure started on fire. Neighbors reported hearing a loud bang about a half hour before the fire alarm sounded. Photos by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
    Residents on this quad-plex apartment building on N. 6th Street in Hot Springs had to be evacuated in the middle of the night after the siding on the structure started on fire. Neighbors reported hearing a loud bang about a half hour before the fire alarm sounded. Photos by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star
  • On Friday afternoon, July 12, the Hot Springs Volunteer Fire Department also extinguished a minivan on fire in the Motel 6 parking lot.
    On Friday afternoon, July 12, the Hot Springs Volunteer Fire Department also extinguished a minivan on fire in the Motel 6 parking lot.
    HOT SPRINGS – Local law enforcement is investigating some incidents of vandalism which includes the incineration of three mailboxes due to fireworks, as well as a structure fire which is believed to have also been caused by fireworks.According to Hot Springs Police Chief Ross Norton, two mailboxes were destroyed by fireworks late in the night on Friday, July 12, and then a few hours la...

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