Arsonist Hits NY FD Burn Houses

Jun. 22—Two houses in Wyoming County that volunteer firefighters use for training were scheduled to be burned down after the exercises were complete.

Authorities say an arsonist beat them to it. And they are eager to learn who that is.

Those two fires in the town of Orangeville and Wethersfield and a third at a silo in Orangeville are all being investigated as arsons.

"There's nothing solid yet, but we're turning over every stone," said Bill Streicher, fire coordinator for the Wyoming County Office of Emergency Services. "We're looking into every angle and possible scenario."

The fires were all reported in the 11 p.m. hour on successive Saturdays in June.

On June 4, a vacant house caught fire in Orangeville. The second fire happened June 11 at a vacant house in Wethersfield. On June 18, a tire fire broke out in a bunk silo in Orangeville.

Two firefighters, one from Warsaw and one from Silver Springs, suffered minor injuries while treating the second Orangeville fire. A Strykersville Fire Department tanker truck was damaged during a refill at the Wethersfield fire.

The Wyoming County Sheriff's Office and the Wyoming County Office of Emergency Services are handling the investigation.

The two houses are owned by Marquart Bros. The bunk silo is owned by TJ Marquart and Sons, which is part of the same family company as Marquart Bros.

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