After arson burns Edmonds plaza, 14 businesses need help
EDMONDS — Will Chen picked up his son a week ago Friday from tutoring at the Plum Tree Plaza on Highway 99 in Edmonds.
It was a typical day. They got takeout at one of their favorite spots, the Wonton Noodle House, a Cantonese-style restaurant next door in the plaza’s strip mall. Chen’s son, 10, loves a beef rice noodle dish served there. When they got their food, the son made sure to tell his dad that he had first dibs on any leftovers they had.
An arsonist set the plaza on fire the next morning, Sept. 11. Witnesses reported smoke and flames around 5:35 a.m. at the L-shaped strip mall at 22315 Highway 99.
The fire quickly ripped through the mall’s shared attic and severely damaged the noodle house and all 13 other businesses in the plaza. Each sustained either flame, smoke or water damage, forcing them to close their doors.
Edmonds police had not identified a suspect as of Friday afternoon. They were seeking the public’s help to solve the crime.
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