A fire chief says a blaze that destroyed a strip mall in central Kentucky was arson.
Meade County Fire Chief Larry Naser said investigators have ruled out electrical and mechanical causes and spontaneous combustion.
Naser told The News-Enterprise in Elizabethtown that “someone started a fire” in the U.S. Tobacco Outlet. He said investigators are still trying to determine what was used to light the blaze that consumed the shopping center in Brandenburg.
Naser said the July 2 fire was the largest in the county in a decade. He said the damage estimate is at least $3 million and about 55 people were left unemployed.
He said the state fire marshal’s office is offering a $1,000 cash reward for information that leads to an arrest.
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