Police are looking for a man who they say lit a fire at independent Sen.
Bernie Sanders� Vermont office Friday.

The Burlington Police Department released photos Friday evening asking the
public to help identify the suspect. Police have not yet identified a
motive.

There were no known injuries, police said, though there was damage from
the fire set to the door of the third-floor office. There was also
�significant damage to that space and other areas of the building� due to
water from the sprinkler system, which largely extinguished the fire,
police said in a news release.

The suspect �entered the vestibule� of the office and �sprayed an apparent
accelerant on the entrance door,� according to the release.

�He then lit the accelerant and fled,� the release said. �A 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.�

First responders arrived on the scene at Sanders� office at approximately
10:45 a.m. local time, according to police.

The Burlington fire marshal�s office earlier Friday said it �deemed this
fire incendiary in nature� and that the investigation will be now be
handled by the Vermont State Police and the Burlington Police Department.

The US Capitol Police and the Senate Sergeant at Arms are also �working in
coordination with local first responders,� according to Sanders� Vermont
state director Kathryn Van Haste.

�We are relieved that no one on our staff and, to our understanding, no
one in the building was harmed,� Van Haste said in a statement.

This story has been updated with additional developments.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/05/politics/bernie-sanders-vermont-office-
fire/index.html

On 4/6/24 1:44 AM, Stewart Davis wrote:
>
> Police are looking for a man who they say lit a fire at independent Sen.
> Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office Friday.

Probably his own stock of commie cocktails
accidentally went off .........