Six major fires have occurred over the past three months in the Salt Lake area, including:

JUNE 15

Three-alarm fire

Stock Building Supply

Lumberyard

West Jordan

$1.5 million

Cause: arson

JUNE 22

Two-alarm fire

Webster School

Elementary school (closed to students in 1995)

Magna

Damage undetermined

Cause: arson

JULY 16

Six-alarm fire

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation

Paper plant

South Salt Lake

$10 million

Cause: arson

JULY 23

Four-alarm fire

Jeffrey Cobabe and Associates

Woodworking/custom furniture company

West Salt Lake City

$3 million damage

Cause: air-duct malfunction

JULY 27

Two-alarm fire

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Apartment building

Salt Lake City

$135,000 damage

Cause: arson

AUGUST 4

Three-alarm fire

BFI Recyclery

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Recycling plant

South Salt Lake

Damage not yet determined

Cause: accidental

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