Damages were estimated at approximately $30,000.
Fire officials are investigating a case of arson after the Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue responded to a mobile home fire today at Aloha Estates Mobile Home Park, 5310 14 St. W, Lot 32. Three fire engines, a Battalion Chief, Manatee County Emergency Medical Services, and other staff responded. Cedar Hammock units arrived 4 minutes after receiving the call, according to a report from the fire department. According to the report: One mobile home was fully involved and approximately 50 yards to the north a second mobile home was found heavily involved in fire. On scene units had both fires under control within 15 minutes. No injuries were reported. Damages were estimated at approximately $30,000. The cause of the fire was intentional and is …
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Aloha Estates
5310 14th St W, Bradenton, FL
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No one is hurt as an incendiary device is thrown at Braden Lakes apartment window.
A man was arrested late Sunday night after investigators said he attempted to throw a molotov cocktail through a Bradenton apartment window. Wheelock John Minns Jr., 47, of Sarasota, was charged with three counts of arson, making a fire bomb, throwing a destructive device and criminal mischief. According to a Manatee County Sheriff's Office report, a resident heard a loud crash at about 9 p.m. outside his Braden Lakes apartment building on 50th Avenue West, spotted a fire in the bushes below and saw Minns walking away in a hurry. Firefighters responding to the scene located Minns a few blocks away, and he was questioned by sheriff's deputies, who said the suspect was intoxicated at the time. An arson-detecting police dog had a positive …
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Braden Lakes Apartment Homes
2835 50th Ave W, Bradenton, FL
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