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