Ballot box fire in Baldwin Park may be arson, officials say

[ItsjustMe]

https://news.yahoo.com/ballot-box-fire-baldwin-park-173604238.html

A fire inside an official ballot drop box at the Baldwin Park library Sunday night may have been set intentionally, authorities said.

The fire started around 8 p.m. Sunday at the ballot box near Ramona and Baldwin Park boulevards, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department spokeswoman Leslie Lua.

It was not immediately clear how the fire began, but Lua said that arson was being investigated as a possible cause.

Baldwin Park resident George Silva said he was out for a leisurely bike ride when he spotted the burning box. Firefighters were just arriving at the scene when he began broadcasting live on Facebook (Warning: Video contains profanity).

"You could see heavy clouds of smoke coming out of the ballot box," Silva said. "It looked like a chimney."

It took crews a little more than two hours to clear the area. At one point, firefighters had to shove a hose through the box opening to quench the flames. Later, they used a power saw to cut the box open.

Video
https://abc7.com/fire-intentionally-set-inside-baldwin-park-ballot-box-officials/7155522/

[hedda_foil]

1. Gee, do ya think?

[DonaldsRump]

2. And I thought it was spontaneous combustion!

[rzemanfl]

3. Beat me to it. GMTA. n/t

[DonaldsRump]

4. Indeed!

However, it raises an issue: I think local Democratic parties need to consider contacting local law enforcement to watch these OR have volunteers do the same. I know that's probably not feasible, but voting suppression can take an infinite variety of forms: this is one of them.

[lagomorph777]

6. There should be cameras at every drop box.

[lagomorph777]

5. "May be?"

Please. Are these guys Trumpers?

[2naSalit]

7. Right. Like what part of a sealed ballot...

Is fucking flammable?

[stillcool]

8. sounds like their on top of it...

after they find out who did it, they'll decide if it's arson or not. Could be one of their own.