LAREDO, Texas (AP) -- A dozen apartments were burned by assailants who attacked two stone masons helping to build the dwellings, say authorities.
The weekend attack occurred in an upscale neighborhood on Sunday, where the workers were bound with duct tape and plastic ties, then blindfolded.
Blazes were set in two sections of the Tuscany Apartments complex, which has 22 buildings and 100 apartments. The fires burned for about two hours and damaged a dozen apartments that were nearly finished, officials said.
One firefighter was treated at a hospital and released after being injured by a partial roof collapse, Laredo Fire Chief Luis Sosa said.
``It looks like revenge to me or something,'' he told the San Antonio Express-News in Tuesday's editions.
Sosa said the blaze caused an estimated $500,000 in damage.
Witnesses said several people were involved in the attack and fire, which most likely was spread with the help of gasoline being poured in several buildings, according to Arson Captain Felix Nuez.
