- Daycare Attack | Radio Tower Collapse
Could the unexplained fire be a staged attack on a radio tower, auto body shop and day care center? Related to Prospect Park Avenue auto shop robbery and vandalism? It was different shop just down the street. Radio towers were felled by vandals in California earlier this year.
Fire:
August 1, 2013 In Prospect Park near the University stadium in Minneapolis, an unexplained fire collapsed a 300 radio tower and damaged 3 businesses including an auto body shop and day care center
Robbery:
July 31, 2013 Four men approach a Prospect Park Titan auto repair shop asking for the owner for money owed them, then they smashed the windows of two cars being repaired, using a hammer on one of the mirrors. One had worked for another local tire shop.
- One of the suspects is a contractor who’d previously worked with Titan Auto & TireRepair. He and another suspect had demanded money from the shop’s owner …four men came in Wednesday morning asking for money they said the shop owed them.... The four men smashed the windows of two cars left in the shop for repairs, then fled. Dennis Browne, who owns the shop, said the men broke the windows of two cars, smashing the mirrors of one, with hammers.
- One of the suspects is a contractor who’d previously worked with Titan Auto and TireRepair. He and another suspect had demanded money from the shop’s owner ...Titan Auto & Tire Repair in Minneapolis, MN -- Map, Phone Number, Reviews, Photos and Video Profile for Minneapolis Titan Auto & Tire Repair. Titan Auto & Tire Repair
Sabrina Grocery and Deli, Milano Child Care Center and Jeff’s Top Line Auto Body.
August 1, 2013 In Prospect Park near the University stadium. An unexplained fire collapsed a 300 radio tower and damaged 3 businesses including an auto body shop and day care center (same auto shop?)
http://www.mndaily.com/city/business/2013/08/07/fire-destroys-three-businesses-near-u
The building that caught fire early Thursday morning on University Avenue Southeast housed an auto body shop. Now, rows of burnt cars line what would have been the back wall of the shop.
A large fire consumed a deli, a day care center and an auto body shop on University Avenue Southeast last week. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the two-alarm fire that started late Wednesday and continued into Thursday morning is under investigation, but it seems to have started in the auto body shop, said Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel. Fire crews arrived around midnight and were still extinguishing hotspots at 9 a.m. on Thursday, according to a press release from Assistant Chief Cherie Penn.The affected building, at 2812 University Ave. SE, housed Sabrina Grocery and Deli, Milano Child Care Center and Jeff’s Top Line Auto Body. Police and fire department officials said the roof of the auto body shop collapsed and at least six cars were destroyed.The building is insured for about $1.3 million, according to a Meridian Insurance spokesman.Loud pops could be heard inside the flaming auto shop, which Fruetel attributed to exploding paint cans and other flammable materials.David Barnhart, who owns the building and two adjacent properties with his son Jeff, said flammable materials were in the shop, but they were stored safely.Police cleared away spectators and evacuated houses behind the building over concerns that a radio tower anchored to the building would collapse. The tower, which was at least 200 feet tall, later crumpled in on itself, and Prospect Park residents were able to return to their homes.“We were all worried about [the tower], and it started to lean, and everybody was backing away, and we were moving people, and all of a sudden — just like an accordion — it collapsed right into itself,” Barnhart said.Moayid Al Subhi, a University of Minnesota computer science sophomore, said he used to go to Sabrina for Ethiopian food every day with other international students.“It’s a big loss for international students,” he said, “especially Muslim students.”Late Thursday morning, community members and business owners gathered at the scene. Heaps of rubble were still smoking as firefighters tried to move destroyed vehicles, identified as “hot spots,” where more fires were likely to start.Samson Ifonlaja, co-owner of Jeff’s Top Line, said the loss of the building is a big one for the neighborhood.“It was more than just these businesses,” he said. “It was really a community center.”
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Friday, August 23, 2013
Prospect Park Fire Destroys Day Care and Radio Tower
Prospect Park Fire Destroys Day Care and Radio Tower
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